After speculation had grown in recent weeks over the health condition of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei due to his absence from public, he finally appeared at a religious ceremony marking the occasion of Arbaeen, an observance that occurs 40 days after the day marking the martyrdom of the third Shiite Imam, Hussein Ibn Ali.
Khamenei saluted the attendees and then spoke to them standing up, while Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi sat behind to him to his left. His appearance at the Arbaeen ceremony had been announced by his office earlier this week.
