Mojtaba Khamenei makes no public appearance at funeral prayers in Tehran.State TV shows Mostafa, Meysam and Masoud Khamenei praying beside coffins. Iran plans funeral ceremonies in Qom, Najaf, Kerbala, Mashhad through Thursday. Three sons of slain Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei prayed beside his coffin and those of four \u200cother 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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In a show \u200bof public devotion to the theocratic state and revolutionary zeal, the Islamic Republic is staging a week of mass \u200bfuneral processions for Khamenei, including taking his remains to Shi’ite religious sites in neighbouring Iraq.
After a \u2060day lying in state indoors for senior Iranian leaders and foreign officials to visit, Khamenei’s coffin was displayed outdoors on Saturday \u200bunder glass, along with those of his daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law and 14-month-old granddaughter.
There has still been no public sighting or image \u200breleased of Mojtaba, said to have been injured in the attack that killed his father and the other family members on February 28, when Israel and the U.S. bombed Iranian targets at the start of the war.
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Mojtaba Khamenei’s face was disfigured and he suffered a significant injury to one \u200bor both legs, people close to his inner circle told .
A ceasefire has suspended the four-month-old war under an agreement with Washington \u200bthat Iran’s authorities say will ultimately bring huge economic benefits, in line with what they describe as a victory over a superpower.
U.S. President Donald \u200cTrump told \u2060the Axios news website that peace talks had been paused for a week for the events surrounding the funeral.
On Sunday, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf prayed behind the coffins. Masoud Khamenei was seen crying and wiping his tears with a keffiyeh \u2013 the chequered scarf that is a symbol in Iran of militant revolutionary ideals and solidarity with Palestinians \u2013 \u200bas an imam recited funeral prayers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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