{"id":527193,"date":"2026-07-06T02:26:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T02:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/527193\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T02:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T02:26:12","slug":"sons-of-irans-leader-ali-khamenei-attend-funeral-but-mojtaba-is-absent-us-israel-war-on-iran-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/527193\/","title":{"rendered":"Sons of Iran\u2019s leader Ali Khamenei attend funeral, but Mojtaba is absent | US-Israel war on Iran News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Massive crowds gather in Tehran for second day to mourn Khamenei\u2019s death, with chants calling for revenge against the US and Israel.<\/p>\n

Three sons of the former Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei have made a rare public appearance on the second day of his funeral<\/a>, but there has still been no sign of his successor and other son, Mojtaba Khamenei.<\/p>\n

Iranian TV showed Mostafa, Meysam and Masoud Khamenei praying behind coffins laid out in the vast courtyard of Imam \u2060\u2060Khomeini Grand Mosalla, a sprawling religious complex in Tehran.<\/p>\n

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Among the remains on display were Ali Khamenei, his daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, and 14-month-old granddaughter, all killed in an air strike on February 28, the opening day of the US-Israel war on Iran.<\/p>\n

Mojtaba Khamenei\u2019s absence from the mourning ceremonies is believed to be due to the dangers of Israeli threats to his life. He has not been seen or heard publicly since his appointment as supreme leader in March, a decision many analysts believe is for his safety.<\/p>\n

\u201cThousands and thousands of people are streaming through to pay their respects \u2026 they are carrying Iranian flags and also red flags symbolising a call for revenge,\u201d Al Jazeera\u2019s Tohid Asadi reported from Tehran.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are calling for revenge for the blood of the supreme leader. Chants of \u2018Death to America\u2019 and \u2018Death to Israel\u2019 are being heard among the public.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"TEHRAN,People gesture as they hold portraits of Iran\u2019s late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, during the second day of his funeral ceremonies at the Grand Mosalla in Tehran [Majid Saeedi\/Getty Images]<\/p>\n

In a display of public mourning and loyalty to the Islamic Republic, the government has launched a week-long series of funeral processions<\/a> for the late supreme leader.<\/p>\n

His body will go on a procession through prominent Shia holy sites in neighbouring Iraq, such as Karbala and Najaf, as well as Qom and Mashhad in Iran, where he will be buried.<\/p>\n

\u201cI came here to shout and seek revenge,\u201d Gholamreza Sabooni, 29, who works in a grocery store, told AP news agency. \u201cThey killed our imam, we should kill their leader, [US President Donald] Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n

Following a private lying-in-state ceremony attended by senior Iranian officials and foreign dignitaries, Khamenei\u2019s coffin was placed on public display outdoors on Saturday beneath a glass enclosure.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s highest-ranking political and military figures also attended the funeral ceremony, including President Masoud Pezeshkian, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, and Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani.<\/p>\n

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The prayer ceremony attracted large crowds in Tehran amid heightened regional tensions and growing public demands for retaliation against the United States and Israel.<\/p>\n

After what authorities are billing as a massive procession in central Tehran on Monday, there are plans to mobilise millions of people for large processions in the coming days, with the government offering transport, food and lodgings to the mourners.<\/p>\n

\u2018Immense mourning\u2019<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s metro authority reported about seven million passenger journeys from late Saturday to Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe general mood here is of immense mourning and also a moment of reflection,\u201d said Al Jazeera\u2019s Mahmoud Abdelwahed, reporting from Tehran. \u201cMany people have turned up to show their solidarity, their consolidation with the establishment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Abdelwahed said that while some people were \u201chopeful this transition will bring about stability and security\u201d, others were \u201cbracing for another round of confrontation\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"TEHRAN,A multicity state funeral will be held over six days before the body of Iran\u2019s late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei\u00a0 is laid to rest on July 9, in his hometown of Mashhad, Iran [Majid Saeedi\/Getty Images]<\/p>\n

Mostafa Khoshcheshm, a professor at the University of Applied Science and Technology in Tehran, says the message from Iranians attending the supreme leader\u2019s funeral is unambiguous.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe the message is very much clear: Iranians are not going to be fooled by talks or some kind of [memorandum of understanding]. They are awake. They know that the United States and Israeli animosity is not over,\u201d Khoshcheshm told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Massive crowds gather in Tehran for second day to mourn Khamenei\u2019s death, with chants calling for revenge against…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,87,46,47,43,162198],"class_list":["post-527193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-iran","tag-israel","tag-middle-east","tag-news","tag-us-israel-war-on-iran"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}