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Three sons of Iran's slain leader Khamenei appear at funeral, not successor Mojtaba

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Iran's Parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf with officials attend a prayer during a public farewell ceremony to pay their respects to late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla, in Tehran, Iran July 5, 2026.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Iran's Parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf with officials attend a prayer during a public farewell ceremony to pay their respects to late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla, in Tehran, Iran July 5, 2026. © Reuters

Three sons of slain Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei prayed beside his coffin and those of four other family members on Sunday, but Mojtaba, the son who has succeeded him as Iran's supreme leader, ​did not make ‌an appearance.

State TV showed Mostafa, Meysam and Masoud Khamenei praying behind the coffins laid out in ⁠the vast courtyard of Tehran's Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla, a sprawling religious complex.

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