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Tehran: After the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country’s top leaders and officials came forward in public at the funeral prayers held in Tehran. But everyone’s eyes were on Mojtaba Khamenei, who has been made the Supreme Leader. Mojtaba was nowhere to be seen. Mojtaba’s three brothers also came forward publicly during the funeral prayers. But Mojtaba’s absence deepened the suspense in Tehran. Let us tell you that after the air strike on February 28, this is the first time that the Iranian leadership was seen together on such a large scale.

Top leaders seen in funeral prayers
On Sunday, 97-year-old Shia cleric Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani led the prayers in Tehran’s ‘Grand Mosallah’. During this, Khamenei’s sons Massoud, Meisam and Mustafa as well as Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) chief General Ahmed Vahidi, President Massoud Pezeshkian, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf and Quds Force chief Ismail Kani were present. General Vahidi was seen in plain clothes wearing a black baseball cap, surrounded by security forces.

Where is Mojtaba Khamenei?
Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the new Supreme Leader who is taking command of Iran after the death of his father, has still not appeared in public. It is believed that he is in hiding after being injured in the same air strike. Israel has also threatened to kill him. At present, under the leadership of Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran is in talks with America to permanently end the war and lift the blockade of global energy supplies in the Strait of Hormuz.

Direct threat given to Trump
However, the atmosphere during this condolence meeting was very tense. There was a lot of anger among the people. Posters calling for the assassination of Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were put up in Grand Mosallah. Program organizer and poet Mohammad Rasooli, while addressing the crowd on loudspeaker, took direct aim at Trump and asked, “Why is the world’s most evil man (Trump) still alive?” On this question the crowd raised slogans of “Down with America” ​​and “Down with Israel”.

Trump’s counterattack from Washington
At the same time when slogans were being raised against Trump in Tehran, on the 250th anniversary of America, Washington D.C. Donald Trump praised the US Army. Trump said, “We have had tremendous success. You look at Venezuela, you look at Iran. We have completely destroyed them, destroyed their military.”

When and where will Khamenei be laid to rest?
Ayatollah Khamenei’s mortal remains will be taken to various cities in Iran and neighboring Iraq. His funeral procession will be taken out on the streets of Tehran on Monday. He will be laid to rest at Imam Reza Dargah in Mashhad on Thursday. Due to this national mourning, the ongoing peace talks with America have been stopped for the time being.