The World - News from June 13, 1988
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A senior Iranian official denied reports that Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini is terminally ill. Interior Minister Ali Akbar Mohtashami was quoted by Iran’s Islamic Republic News Agency, monitored in Nicosia, Cyprus, as saying that the nation’s spiritual leader “is now in perfect shape.” Khomeini, 88, has been reported to be in frail health since he suffered a heart attack two years ago. There have also been unconfirmed reports that he has cancer.
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