A single report from Tehran indicates that all of late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's children except for his designated successor Mojtaba were present near the coffin during funeral events. The absence continues to fuel unresolved speculation about Mojtaba's status, following earlier reports of his absence from his wife's funeral and from multi-day mourning ceremonies.
A single report from Tehran, noted by The Zioneer as of 10:33 Jerusalem time on Sunday, July 5, states that all of the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's children — except the designated successor Mojtaba — were visible near the coffin during funeral proceedings. The report adds to a growing trail of unexplained absence. As The Zioneer reported earlier this morning (Sunday, 10:02 Jerusalem), initial accounts from the funeral indicated that only Mojtaba was absent from among the Khamenei children. That report followed a bulletin from around 10:06 Jerusalem noting that even at the funeral of Mojtaba's wife, earlier this week, three of his brothers attended while he did not appear. Mojtaba's continued disappearance from public view, across multiple events during the multi-day mourning period for his father, has triggered intense speculation regarding his fate — including unconfirmed claims of abduction or security-driven isolation. The current report, based on a single unnamed source, does not clarify the reason for his absence. The funeral itself, which began Friday, has drawn tens of thousands of mourners — significantly fewer than initial projections — and has been attended by foreign dignitaries including the Armenian president and the speaker of Egypt's Senate, as well as the son of the late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
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- StrongReport: Only Mojtaba Khamenei absent from wife's funeral as brothers attend
- DevelopingIranian channel reports Mojtaba Khamenei did not attend wife's funeral and burial
- StrongIran's supreme leader likely to skip father's funeral, citing security fears
- StrongIranian economic activist claims Mojtaba Khamenei will attend father's funeral
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