Iran’s injured Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei won’t attend his father’s funeral, sources say

Mojtaba Khamenei was severely injured in the strike that killed his father at the start of the war, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is not expected to attend his father’s funeral, an Iranian official and a Middle Eastern diplomat told NBC News.

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