Iran’s political, military and religious leadership gathered in Tehran today for the funeral prayers of former Supreme Leader Late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
State television showed Khamenei’s three sons, Masoud, Meysam and Mostafa leading funeral prayers at Grand Mosalla in Tehran alongside President Masoud Pezeshkian, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and senior commanders. However, there was no sign of his successor, Mojtaba Khamenei.
The country’s new supreme leader has not appeared in public since the airstrikes by Israel and the United States killed his father, several family members and other senior Iranian officials on 28th of February.
Mojtaba Khamenei succeeded his father but his absence from the public eye has prompted questions about the whereabouts of Iran’s new leader.
The funeral procession will continue over the next few days before concluding with his burial in the holy city of Mashhad on 9th of this month. Public mourning will continue for 40 days thereafter.