Three sons of the late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei prayed beside his coffin during a mass funeral in Tehran on Sunday, July 5, 2026.
State television showed Mostafa, Meysam, and Masoud Khamenei participating in the ceremony at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla religious complex.
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The event drew huge crowds to the capital. Tehran's metro network recorded seven million trips between Saturday evening and Sunday morning.
The coffins of the former supreme leader and four family members were on public display. Among them were his daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, and 14-month-old granddaughter.
Mojtaba Khamenei, who succeeded his father as supreme leader, did not appear in public.
He sustained severe injuries during the February 28 attack by Israel and the United States.
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Officials Join Mourning
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf joined the public prayers alongside the grieving family.
The funeral marks the start of a week-long mourning period across Iran and neighboring Iraq.
Authorities plan to transport the remains to the seminary city of Qom on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, the bodies will be flown to Najaf and Karbala in Iraq.
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The week of state-sponsored memorials will conclude with a final procession and burial in Mashhad on Thursday.
