Ahmadinejad Joins Khamenei Funeral as Iran's Succession Battle Surfaces
🕌 TEHRAN — The man Khamenei jailed is marching in his funeral. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Ahmadinejad was sidelined and briefly detained under Khamenei — his presence is a political bid, not grief. Mojtaba still unseen; Iran's factional map is being redrawn. His nationalist base complicates IRGC control of the succession. For Doha, Washington's post-July 9 interlocutor now faces rivals just entering the arena.