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TEHRAN – 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 succeeded him as Iran’s supreme leader, did not make an appearance.<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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Their father, alongside several other members of the family, was killed in an airstrike when the United States and Israel launched a war on Iran on February 28. <\/p>\n

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The conflict, which raged for several weeks before the sides reached a shaky ceasefire, has caused death and destruction across the region and left Iran’s theocratic government, backed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, in power.<\/p>\n

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In a show of public devotion to the state and revolutionary zeal, the Islamic Republic is staging a week of mass funeral processions for Khamenei, including taking his remains to Shi’ite religious sites in neighbouring Iraq.<\/p>\n

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After a day lying in state indoors for senior Iranian leaders and foreign officials to visit, Khamenei’s coffin was displayed outdoors on Saturday under glass, along with those of his daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law and 14-month-old granddaughter.<\/p>\n

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NO SIGHTINGS OF MOJTABA<\/p>\n

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There has still been no public sighting or image released of Mojtaba, said to have been injured in the attack that killed his father and the other family members on February 28, when Israel and the U.S. bombed Iranian targets at the start of the war.<\/p>\n

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Mojtaba Khamenei’s face was disfigured and he suffered a significant injury to one or both legs, people close to his inner circle told Reuters.<\/p>\n

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One disappointed mourner said she had hoped to see the new supreme leader during the funeral events.<\/p>\n

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“Until the last moment, before the prayer began, I kept telling those around me that I hoped (Mojtaba Khamenei) himself would come. That was our only wish,” a young woman wearing makeup and sunglasses told the semi-official Tasnim news agency in an interview.<\/p>\n

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A ceasefire has suspended the four-month-old war under an agreement with Washington that Iran’s authorities say will ultimately bring huge economic benefits, in line with what they describe as a victory over a superpower.<\/p>\n

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U.S. President Donald Trump told the Axios news website that peace talks had been paused for a week for the events surrounding the funeral.<\/p>\n

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On Sunday, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf prayed behind the coffins. Masoud Khamenei was seen crying and wiping his tears with a keffiyeh \u2013 the chequered scarf that is a symbol in Iran of militant revolutionary ideals and solidarity with Palestinians \u2013 as an imam recited funeral prayers.<\/p>\n

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IRANIANS FLOCK TO CENTRAL TEHRAN<\/p>\n

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Crowds of Iranians, many weeping and some beating their chests, have thronged the Mosalla, including overnight. The Iranian metro railway network said it had clocked 7 million trips from late on Saturday to Sunday morning as people flocked to the centre. <\/p>\n

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After what authorities are billing as a massive procession in central Tehran on Monday, the remains will be taken to the seminary city of Qom, the centre of Iran’s Shi’ite hierarchy, for ceremonies on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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From there the body will be flown to Iraq for ceremonies in the Shi’ite holy \u2060shrine cities of \u200bNajaf and Kerbala on Wednesday. It will return to Iran on Thursday for another \u200bprocession in Mashhad, to be buried near the tomb of another of the medieval Shi’ite imams.<\/p>\n

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Authorities plan to mobilise millions of people for big processions over the coming days, offering transport, food and lodging.<\/p>\n

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(Reporting by Reuters staff in Tehran and Nayera Abdallah and Tala Ramadan in Dubai; Writing by Raju Gopalakrishnan and John Davison; Editing by William Mallard and Sharon Singleton)<\/p>\n

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Copyright Reuters or USA Today Network via Reuters Connect.<\/i><\/p>\n

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