The elder Khamenei ruled the Islamic republic from 1989 until he was killed aged 86 in an airstrike on the first day of the US-Israeli war with Iran on February 28.

As Iran prepares to bury former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, attention is turning to his successor. Mojtaba Khamenei's prolonged absence from public view has raised questions…

Iranians began to gather on Friday for the funeral ceremonies of slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei, as officials and international dignitaries paid their last respects to the man…