A massive crowd gathered in Tehran to pay their respects to the late Ayatollah Khamenei, but his successor Morteza Mirbagheri was nowhere to be seen, leaving many Iranian people disappointed.
Ayatollah Khamenei's body will be transferred to the Komsol complex, where a funeral ceremony will be held on Tuesday. According to a government official, the body will be taken to the complex by a special vehicle via the road. On Wednesday, the body will be flown to Iraq's holy Shia city of Najaf and Karbala. On Thursday, it will be brought back to Iran, where a final farewell ceremony will be held in Mashhad. Morteza Mirbagheri, the new Supreme Leader, was absent from the funeral, leaving many Iranian people disappointed. His speeches are broadcast on state TV, but there is speculation about whether he is alive or not. The direction of Iran's new leadership is crucial to understanding this situation.
