Three sons of the slain Ayatollah prayed beside his coffin at the state funeral, but Mojtaba, the son who has succeeded him as Iran's supreme leader, did not make an appearance out

Three sons of the slain Ayatollah prayed beside his coffin at the state funeral, but Mojtaba, the son who has succeeded him as Iran's supreme leader, did not make an appearance out of fear of assassination. Link Week-long funeral of Iran's former supreme leader Ali Khamenei begins second day in Tehran The funeral began on Saturday in Tehran with chants of "death to America, death to Israel," and his body is expected to be taken to Qom, Najaf and Kerbala, the great Shi'ite centers of Iran and Iraq.