Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei absent from mass funeral for father

Following his father's death, Mojtaba Khamenei has become Iran's new Supreme Leader. Yet he was notably absent from Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's funeral on Sunday, a day of ceremonies attended by thousands of mourners. Mojtaba was wounded in the strike that killed his father and has since remained out of public view, according to France 24.

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