Ayatollah Ali Khamenei re-emerged in public during a religious ceremony in Tehran after a 12-day conflict with Israel. He was broadcast greeting worshippers at a mosque, who chanted in support. Israel's airstrikes, which began on June 13, have resulted in over 900 Iranian fatalities. Iran retaliated with missile strikes that killed at least 28 Israelis. Despite claims of destroyed capabilities from US attacks on three nuclear sites, the International Atomic Energy Agency indicated that Iran could still produce enriched uranium relatively quickly.
"Khamenei, in power since 1989, 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 airstrikes on 13 June."
"The strikes killed more than 900 people in Iran, its judiciary has said, while retaliatory Iranian missile barrages aimed at Israeli cities killed at least 28 people there, according to official figures."
"After the US attacked three nuclear facilities as part of the Iran-Israel war, Donald Trump claimed the strikes had obliterated Iran's nuclear capabilities."
"Rafael Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, told the US broadcaster CBS News the strikes on three Iranian sites had clearly caused severe but not total damage."
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