Amid stories that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is in a coma, Iran’s Supreme Chief on Sunday posted an image of himself assembly an Iranian ambassador.
A number of media stories not too long ago claimed that Khamenei, 85, was in a coma and that he had nominated his 55-year-old son, Mojtaba Khamenei, as his successor in a secret assembly. The stories got here after The New York Occasions in October mentioned that Khamenei was “significantly unwell.”
Within the image posted on Khamenei’s X account, he was seen speaking to Iran’s Ambassador to Lebanon Mojtaba Amani in his workplace.
“Ayatollah Khamenei, the chief of the Islamic Revolution, met and talked with Mr Mojtaba Amani, the veteran ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Lebanon, at midday as we speak, on the sidelines of his every day conferences,” he wrote in Persian.
ظهر امروز یکشنبه ۲۷ آبان ۱۴۰۳؛ دیدار و گفتوگو با آقای مجتبی امانی، سفیر جانباز جمهوری اسلامی ایران در لبنان pic.twitter.com/ctIRbi9bVA
— KHAMENEI.IR | فارسی 🇮🇷 (@Khamenei_fa) November 17, 2024
Amani was amongst almost 3,000 individuals who have been injured when pagers and walkie-talkies utilized by the Iran-backed Hezbollah group exploded in Lebanon in September. Not less than 39 individuals have been additionally killed within the assault, which Iran and Hezbollah blamed on Israel.
Amani introduced a report of his newest well being standing to him, an official assertion mentioned.
Final month, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gave his first sermon in 5 years after Iran launched 180 missiles focusing on essential infrastructure in Israel.
He mentioned Israel “will not final lengthy” as he backed the Palestinian and Lebanese actions in opposition to Israel in his uncommon sermon on October 5.
Addressing tens of hundreds of supporters at a mosque in Tehran, Khamenei justified its missile strikes on Israel as a “public service”.
Holding a gun whereas talking, the Iran chief declared that Israel wouldn’t prevail in opposition to Hamas or Hezbollah.
Iran helps each Hamas and Hezbollah, who’re engaged in preventing with Israeli troops on its southern and northern fronts.