20 July, 2025 | 8:49 PM
Khamenei makes public appearance
07-07-2025 12:00:00 AM
Tehran: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday made his first public appearance since the 12-day war between Israel and Iran began, attending a mourning ceremony on the eve of Ashoura.
Khamenei’s absence during the war suggested the Iranian leader had been in seclusion in a bunker, something not acknowledged by state media. State TV in Iran showed him waving and nodding to the chanting crowd, which rose to its feet as he entered and sat at a mosque next to his office and residence in Tehran. –AP
