Mojtaba Khamenei Still Missing at Tehran Funeral

Times of Israel's AP report, published at 12:32 IDT, said Iran opened Ali Khamenei's public funeral in Tehran while Mojtaba Khamenei's appearance remained unclear and he stayed out of public sight. Ynet's Hebrew flash, also at 12:32, says Iranian sources told the New York Times that Mojtaba wanted to attend the funeral and July 9 burial in Mashhad, but security officials rejected it because Israel could assassinate him or track him to his hiding place. i24NEWS says Iran-backed terror figures, including Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad leaders, attended while Mojtaba remained unseen. The absence shows Israeli deterrence reaching Tehran's inner circle as the regime tries to turn mourning into proxy unity.