One image confirmed Ayatollah Khamenei carrying a masks and greeting the gang attending the ceremony, which marked the fortieth day after the martyrdom of Imam Hussein.
Other footage confirmed him seated on a chair to the proper facet of the room, holding prayer beads and looking out on the imam delivering the sermon.
In a 12-minute video, the Ayatollah was seen listening and interacting in the course of the occasion, the place Shia worshipers collect to mark the tip of a 40-day mourning interval that commemorates the seventh-century dying of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Mohammed. A video on state media confirmed Khamenei addressing the gang on the occasion.
The New York Times mentioned on Friday that Khamenei canceled all public appearances final week after falling “gravely unwell” and was underneath commentary by a crew of medical doctors.
Citing 4 nameless individuals aware of his well being state of affairs, the Times reported Khamenei is on mattress relaxation after present process surgical procedure someday final week for bowel obstruction.
The footage posted on a number of of Iran’s media retailers point out that the 83-year-old Ayatollah was bodily capable of seem in public on the occasion.
Ayatollah Khamenei has been the chief of Iran for the final three many years and is among the longest serving rulers within the Middle East. It stays unclear who would possibly succeed the chief, however it’s anticipated that within the occasion of his dying the Assembly of Experts will convene to debate his successor.