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Iran’s supreme leader absent from funeral of father Ali Khamenei
Three sons of killed ayatollah were seen beside coffin during ceremonies drawing huge crowds in Tehran Three sons of the former 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 Mosalla, a sprawling religious complex. In a show of public devotion to the theocratic state and revolutionary zeal, the country is staging a ...
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- 5 Jul 2026, 10:46 CEST
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- The Guardian - World
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Three sons of killed ayatollah were seen beside coffin during ceremonies drawing huge crowds in Tehran Three sons of the former 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 Mosalla, a sprawling religious complex. In a show of public devotion to the theocratic state and revolutionary zeal, the country is staging a ...
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Iran’s supreme leader absent from funeral of father Ali Khamenei
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