Millions Attend Khamenei Funeral Procession Across Iran and Iraq as Successor Mojtaba Remains Absent

Three of Ali Khamenei's sons, Mostafa, Meysam and Masoud, appeared publicly for the first time since the war at a second day of funeral prayers in Tehran, praying beside the coffins of their father and four other family members at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla 123. Mojtaba Khamenei, named successor in March, remained absent, with no public sighting or image released since the February 28 strike that killed his father and severely injured him 1234. The Times of Israel, citing a New York Times report, said Mojtaba was also absent from a memorial for his wife on Wednesday and has sought but so far been refused permission to attend his father's burial in Mashhad on Thursday; two unnamed Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members and a person involved in funeral planning cited concern he could be targeted by Israel 3. Iran's metro authority reported about seven million passenger trips into central Tehran from Saturday night into Sunday morning, and authorities plan to move the remains through Qom, then Najaf and Karbala in Iraq, before burial in Mashhad 12.