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Senior officials attend Ali Khamenei's funeral/Son missing

2026-07-05 16:11:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Senior officials attend Ali Khamenei's funeral/Son missing

Iran's Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, was absent from his father's funeral, while senior regime figures joined thousands of people who paid tribute to the late ayatollah on Sunday.

Ali Khamenei's three other sons - Masoud, Mostafa and Meysam - all attended the service on Sunday, along with officials including President Masoud Pezeshkian and Revolutionary Guards chief Ahmad Vahidi.

Speculation about Mojtaba's condition - fueled by rumors that he was injured in the same US-Israeli airstrikes that killed his father - has continued as he has not appeared in public since his appointment in early March.

The elder Khamenei ruled the Islamic republic from 1989 until his death in February.

Official funeral proceedings for the late supreme leader began on Friday, with events planned across Iran and Iraq over the next week.

Iranian authorities say 12-20 million people are expected to attend the ceremony, which they are calling the "funeral of the century."

Khamenei's body is currently buried in Tehran's Grand Mosalla religious complex, with a funeral service led by prominent Shiite cleric Jafar Sobhani, a 97-year-old scholar who teaches at seminaries in the holy city of Qom.

Sunday was declared an official holiday across Iran and later in the day Khamenei's body will be moved from the Grand Mosque ahead of a procession through the capital on Monday. The ceremonies have been carefully organized and Mojtaba Khamenei's absence from the ceremony comes against a backdrop of threats from Israel to assassinate him as well.

A fragile ceasefire between the warring countries is currently being held, while talks on a permanent peace agreement continue, although both sides have warned that they were ready to resume military action.

 





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