Three sons of Iran's slain leader Khamenei appear at funeral, not his successor

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Three sons of the late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei were seen praying at a funeral alongside four family members in Tehran. Mojtaba, the successor supreme leader son, was notably absent from the ceremony.

TEHRAN, July 5 (Reuters) - Three sons of slain 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 Grand Mosalla, a sprawling religious complex.