Final public prayers conclude for Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
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The marathon funeral ceremonies for slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei have culminated with a final procession and televised prayer at Imam Reza shrine in the city of Mashhad.
The state media TV livestream from the shrine has now gone dark, indicating that the private burial may be underway.
Khamenei’s eldest son, Mostafa Khamenei, led the funeral prayer at the shrine, which was not in the original plans reported by Iranian media.
Current Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei could not be seen in the state media footage of that prayer.
A regional source had said earlier that the new supreme leader was unlikely to make an appearance at the funeral, as advised by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), including at the private burial.
