In Iran, three sons of late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei made a rare public appearance at his funeral, while there was still no sign of his successor and another son, Mojtaba Khamenei.
The ceremonies on Sunday saw the presence of Ali Khamenei’s eldest son, Mostafa, along with his younger siblings Masoud and Meysam. However, their appearance further highlighted the absence of Mojtaba Khamenei, who was named Supreme Leader shortly after his father’s killing.
A funeral procession is planned for Monday in Tehran, followed by similar events in the clerical hub of Qom on Tuesday and in Iraq’s holy cities of Najaf and Karbala on Wednesday, culminating in Khamenei’s burial in his hometown of Mashhad in northeastern Iran on Thursday.