Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was seen attending the funeral of late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran on Monday, according to reports. The sighting contradicts previous unverified rumors that he had been killed.
Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was observed among mourners at the funeral of the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran on Monday, according to a single-source report. The sighting, reported at 10:09 Jerusalem, directly contradicts earlier unverified rumors that Ahmadinejad had been killed, and follows initial reports over the weekend that he had not participated in earlier funeral ceremonies.
As The Zioneer reported at 10:09 Jerusalem, Ahmadinejad's attendance was initially noted alongside an unverified claim that Israel and the United States had planned to install him as head of government in Iran during the war. The thread evolved through four updates published within minutes: the first report of his presence, a clarification that he attended despite earlier absence reports, the claim about Israel's plan, and a later version specifying the report circulated during the war. All versions stress the report's independent corroboration remains unverified.
Ahmadinejad, who served as president from 2005 to 2013, has largely receded from public view in recent years. His appearance at the funeral — which aerial footage, reported at 13:50 Jerusalem, shows included millions of participants — provides the first independent visual confirmation of his status since Khamenei's death.
The sighting remains sourced from a single channel and has not been independently corroborated by additional outlets or visual evidence. The unverified claim about Israeli and US plans to install Ahmadinejad after Khamenei's assassination also remains unconfirmed.
4 developments
- StrongUnverified reports: Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei appeared at father's funeral events
- StrongAerial footage shows millions attending Khamenei's funeral, report says
- StrongIranian sources say Khamenei's body exhumed from temporary grave in Qom
- DevelopingHamas delegation attends Khamenei's funeral in Tehran
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- Internal intake