1 of 4 | Foreign and domestic officials pay respects before the coffins containing the late Iranian Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and members of his family at Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque on July 3 in Tehran, Iran. Mourners beat their chests and chanted "Revenge, Revenge" while throngs filled the capital at dawn to bid a final farewell to the long‑time leader. Khamenei, who ruled Iran for more than three decades, was killed in U.S.–Israeli strikes in late February, an attack that ignited a regional war. Photo by KHAMENEI.IR/UPI | License Photo
July 5 (UPI) -- Three of late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attended his dayslong funeral on its second day Sunday.
Khamenei's eldest son Mostafa Khamenei and siblings Masoud and Meysam joined thousands in Iran mourning the late supreme leader who was killed at the onset of the Iran war on Feb. 28. Missing from the proceedings was Khamenei's successor Mojtaba Khamenei.
Khamenei's coffin was carried by mourners out of the the Grand Mosalla of Tehran on Sunday morning. Sunday has been marked a holiday in Iran in recognition of the late supreme leader.
On Sunday evening, his body will leave Grand Mosalla ahead of a procession that will move through Tehran on Monday.
