Iran’s supreme leader absent from funeral of father Ali Khamenei
ONP Summary
Iran is conducting multi-day funeral ceremonies for Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, drawing massive crowds for prayers and processions across Tehran, Qom, Najaf, Kerbala, and Mashhad. Top government officials and family members are making public appearances as the state funeral continues through the week.
Progressive: Progressive outlets frame the funeral as strategically orchestrated state messaging around continuity and revenge.
Moderate: Centrist outlets focus on the massive scale of public mourning and official participation in the ceremonies.
Conservative: Conservative outlets emphasize the airstrike cause of death and the notable absence of the new supreme leader at the funeral.
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Three sons of killed ayatollah were seen beside coffin during ceremonies drawing huge crowds in Tehran
Three sons of the former Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei prayed beside his coffin and those of four other 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 Mosalla, a sprawling religious complex. In a show of public devotion to the theocratic state and revolutionary zeal, the country is staging a week of mass funeral processions for Khamenei, including taking his remains to Shia religious sites in neighbouring Iraq.
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