Iran’s Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has made his first public look for the reason that begin of Iran’s battle with Israel, based on state media.
State tv footage confirmed him greeting worshippers at a mosque on Saturday throughout a ceremony a day earlier than the Shia competition of Ashura.
Khamenei’s final look was in a recorded handle throughout the battle with Israel, which started on 13 June and through which high Iranian commanders and nuclear scientists had been killed.
Israel launched a shock assault on nuclear and army websites in Iran, after which Iran retaliated with aerial assaults concentrating on Israel.
Through the 12-day warfare with Israel, Khamenei appeared on TV in three video messages and there was hypothesis that he was hiding in a bunker.
On Saturday Iranian media protection was dominated by Khamenei’s look, with footage of supporters expressing pleasure at seeing him on tv.
Khamenei is seen turning to senior cleric Mahmoud Karimi, encouraging him to “sing the anthem, O Iran”. The patriotic tune turned notably standard throughout the current battle with Israel.
State TV stated the clip was filmed at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Mosque, named after the founding father of the Islamic republic.
Iranian TV has invited individuals to ship in movies sharing their reactions to Khamenei’s return to the general public eye.
His look comes because the predominantly Shia Muslim nation observes a interval of mourning throughout the month of Muharram, historically attended by the supreme chief.
Ashura is held on the tenth day of Muharram – this yr falling on 6 July – throughout which Shia Muslims commemorate the dying of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Hossein.
On 26 June, in pre-recorded remarks aired on state tv, Khamenei stated Iran wouldn’t give up to Israel regardless of US President Donald Trump’s calls.
The US joined the warfare with strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities on 22 June.
The operation concerned 125 US army plane and focused three nuclear amenities: Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan.
Iran’s judiciary stated greater than 900 individuals had been killed throughout the 12-day warfare.