This handout picture released by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on July 5, 2025 shows him (R) waving to the audience during a mourning ceremony in Tehran marking the ninth day of the Islamic month of Muharram in the lead-up to Ashura. AFP
The octogenarian leader was shown greeting worshippers and being cheered at a mosque in a video broadcast by state television. Khamenei spoke last week in a pre-recorded video, but had not been seen in public since before Israel initiated the conflict with a wave of surprise air strikes.
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