Iran’s Khamenei makes first public appearance since war with Israel

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attended a mourning ceremonial connected the eve of the Muslim beatified time of Ashura.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has attended a spiritual ceremonial successful Tehran, making his archetypal nationalist quality since the 12 days of struggle betwixt Israel and Iran.

The 85-year-old person appeared successful a video aired by authorities media connected Saturday, which showed dozens of radical attending an lawsuit astatine a mosque to people Ashura, the holiest time of the Shia Muslim calendar.

In the footage, Khamenei is seen waving and nodding to the chanting crowd, which roseate to its feet arsenic helium entered the mosque.

State TV said the clip was filmed astatine the Imam Khomeini Mosque successful cardinal Tehran.

Khamenei has avoided nationalist appearances since the commencement of the warring connected June 13, and his speeches person each been prerecorded.

The United States, which joined successful the Israeli attacks by bombing 3 cardinal atomic sites successful Iran connected June 22, had sent warnings to Khamenei, with US President Donald Trump saying connected societal media that Washington knew wherever the Iranian person was, but had nary plans to termination him, “at slightest for now”.

On June 26, successful prerecorded remarks aired connected authorities television, Khamenei rejected Trump’s calls for Iran’s surrender, and said Tehran had delivered a “slap to America’s face” by striking a US airbase successful Qatar

Trump replied, successful remarks to reporters and connected societal media: “Look, you’re a antheral of large faith. A antheral who’s highly respected successful his country. You person to archer the truth. You got bushed to hell.”

Iran has acknowledged that much than 900 radical were killed successful the war, arsenic good arsenic thousands injured. Iran’s retaliatory rocket attacks connected Israel killed astatine slightest 28 radical there.

The ceasefire betwixt the 2 countries took clasp connected June 24.

Since then, Iran has confirmed superior harm to its atomic facilities, and denied entree to them for inspectors from the United Nations’s atomic watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

The IAEA’s inspectors had stayed successful the Iranian superior passim the fighting, adjacent arsenic Israel attacked Iranian subject sites and killed respective of the country’s astir elder commanders and apical scientists, arsenic good arsenic hundreds of civilians.

However, they near aft Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a law suspending practice with the IAEA connected Wednesday.

IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi connected Friday stressed “the important importance” of dialog with Iran to resume monitoring and verification enactment of its atomic programme arsenic soon arsenic possible.

Iran was holding talks with the US connected its atomic programme erstwhile Israel launched its attacks. The US has been seeking a caller statement aft Trump pulled the US retired of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which Tehran signed with satellite powers successful 2015.

Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Abbas Araghchi separately said connected Thursday that the state remains committed to the Treaty connected the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), dismissing speculation that Iran would permission the planetary accord.

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Al Jazeera and quality agencies