By Euronews with AP
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Iranian Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday made his first public look for the reason that 12-day-struggle between Israel and Iran started.
His absence through the struggle recommended heavy safety for the Iranian chief who has last say on all state issues. The 86-year-old had reportedly spent the struggle in a bunker as threats on his life escalated.
Attending a mourning ceremony on the eve of Ashoura, Iranian state tv broadcasted pictures of him waving to a chanting crowd within the Iranian capital of Tehran. No quick report was out there on any public assertion made.
US President Donald Trump had despatched warnings by way of social media to Khamenei after inserting themselves into the Iran-Israel struggle by bombing three nuclear websites.
Trump had stated that the US knew the place Khamenei was, however had no plans to kill him “at the least for now.”
Khamenei made a public assertion on June 26, shortly earlier than the ceasefire started. He stated that Tehran had delivered a “slap to America’s face” by hanging a US air base in Qatar and warned in opposition to additional assaults by the US or Israel.
Trump replied, in remarks to reporters and on social media: “Look, you’re a person of nice religion. A person who’s extremely revered in his nation. It’s important to inform the reality. You bought beat to hell.”
Iran stated that greater than 900 individuals had been killed throughout its battle with Israel, and 1000’s extra had been injured. It additionally confirmed critical harm to its nuclear services and subsequently denied the UN nuclear watchdog entry to them.
It stays unclear how badly broken the websites had been and whether or not Tehran has plans to proceed negotiations with the US over its nuclear programme.
