Iran to bury slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as week-long funeral ceremonies draw to a close

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Iran is set to bury slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at the Shrine of Imam Reza in Mashhad after a week marked by large funeral processions and heightened tensions with the US. Khamenei's son and successor, Mojtaba Khamenei, remains absent from public view.

Iran's slain ruler Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday will be buried at the country's holiest shrine in Mashhad after a week of mass funeral processions, rallies and mourning ceremonies that has coincided ​with a flare-up in conflict with the US. Khamenei's son and successor, Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, has still not made any public appearances.