I ran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attended a religious event on Saturday, according to a video carried by state media, in his first public appearance since the June 13 start of a 12-day war with Israel in which top Iranian commanders and nuclear scientists were killed.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appeared in public during the Asyura event after spending time in a bunker during the Iran-Israel war.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attended a mourning ceremony on the eve of Ashoura on Saturday in his first public appearance since the Iran-Israel war started. The absence of Khamenei suggested heavy security status for the Iranian leader,