State television showed three of Ali Khamenei’s sons, Mostafa, Meysam and Masoud Khamenei, standing behind their father’s coffin during funeral prayers at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla
As millions of mourners gathered to bid farewell to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, one person was noticeably absent, his son and successor, Mojtaba Khamenei. While three of Khamenei’s sons attended the funeral prayers in Tehran on Sunday, Mojtaba, who took over as Iran’s supreme leader after his father’s death, did not appear in public, raising fresh questions about his whereabouts and condition.
State television showed three of Ali Khamenei’s sons, Mostafa, Meysam and Masoud Khamenei, standing behind their father’s coffin during funeral prayers at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla, a vast religious complex in the Iranian capital.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Commander-in-Chief Ahmad Vahidi also joined the prayers.
Video from the ceremony showed Masoud Khamenei visibly emotional, wiping away tears with a keffiyeh, the chequered scarf associated in Iran with revolutionary ideals and solidarity with Palestinians.
