Iran’s Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has made his first public look for the reason that begin of Iran’s battle with Israel, in response to state media.
State tv footage confirmed him greeting worshippers at a mosque on Saturday throughout a ceremony a day earlier than the Shia pageant of Ashura.
Khamenei’s final personal look was in a recorded deal with after the ceasefire that ended the 12-day warfare, which started on 13 June and through which high Iranian commanders and nuclear scientists have been killed.
Israel launched a shock assault on nuclear and army websites in Iran, after which Iran retaliated with aerial assaults focusing on Israel.
In the course of 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 26 June, two days after agreeing to a ceasefire with Israel, he delivered a video deal with through which he claimed “victory” and stated the US had “gained no achievements” from strikes on Iranian nuclear services.
US President Donald Trump accused Khamenei of mendacity, saying Iran’s nuclear websites have been “obliterated” and that he had saved the supreme chief from “a really ugly and ignominious demise”.
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 music grew to become significantly standard through 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 folks 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 through the month of Muharram, historically attended by the supreme chief.
Ashura is held on the tenth day of Muharram – this 12 months falling on 6 July – throughout which Shia Muslims commemorate the demise of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Hossein.
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 services: Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan.
Iran’s judiciary stated greater than 900 folks have been killed through the 12-day warfare.
