Claim
A report in The Week has expressed the expectation that Mojtaba Khamenei may attend his father's funeral and burial rites.
“अब द वीक की रिपोर्ट में ऐसी उम्मीद जताई गई है कि मुस्तबा खामनई अपने पिता के जनाजे और दफन करने की रस्मों में शामिल हो सकते हैं।”▶ Watch source segment
Rationale
The anchor's claim accurately describes a real report: The Week (theweek.in) published an article on July 2, 2026 — the broadcast date — raising the expectation that Mojtaba Khamenei might emerge and attend his father Ali Khamenei's funeral ceremonies, framing it as his possible first public appearance since the war. The anchor's hedged phrasing ('may attend', 'expectation expressed') matches The Week's speculative framing. That Mojtaba was later announced (July 3–4) to be skipping the funeral does not make the claim inaccurate, since the claim is about what The Week's report said as of the broadcast. Minor caveat: The Week framed it as speculation ('all eyes on whether') rather than a firm expectation, which slightly tempers confidence.
Evidence
- https://www.theweek.in/news/middle-east/2026/07/02/will-irans-supreme-leader-mojtaba-khamenei-emerge-speculation-mounts-ahead-of-his-fathers-grand-funeral.html The Week article published July 2, 2026 (same day as the broadcast) stating 'all eyes will be on whether Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei will attend' his father Ali Khamenei's funeral, and that if he attends it would be his first public appearance since the war began — i.e., The Week did report the possibility/expectation of his attendance. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.theweek.in/news/middle-east/2026/07/04/security-threats-or-severe-injuries-why-mojtaba-khamenei-is-missing-from-his-fathers-funeral.html Follow-up The Week article (July 4) confirming Mojtaba ultimately skipped the funeral citing security threats — after the broadcast date, so it does not contradict the anchor's accurate characterization of The Week's July 2 report. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/powerful-iranian-general-seen-public-preparation-supreme-leaders-vast-rcna352842 NBC News reporting (post-broadcast) that Mojtaba Khamenei would not attend the funeral, showing the attendance question was genuinely open and widely speculated at the time of the July 2 broadcast. ✓ reachable · archived