US EditionSupreme Leader’s Absence Raises Alarm in Iran
IRAN, JUN 26 – Political factions in Iran are forming alliances amid Khamenei's bunker sheltering, with moderates gaining influence while security forces conduct mass arrests, detaining hundreds, officials say.
- Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has remained absent from public view and issued no statements for nearly a week amid a major crisis in Iran.
- His absence follows intense Israeli airstrikes killing over 600 Iranians, US bombings of nuclear sites, and subsequent missile retaliation by Iran, leading to a swift ceasefire brokered by the US president and Qatar.
- Political factions are vying for power in Tehran with differing visions on nuclear policy, relations with the US, and maintaining the fragile ceasefire during this uncertain period.
- Iranian officials including Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Atomic Energy head Mohammad Eslami affirmed Iran will rebuild its nuclear program and continue uranium enrichment despite recent attacks.
- Khamenei’s prolonged absence has unsettled the public and elites who expect to see him by early July’s Ashura procession, warning that failure to appear would be a bad sign for Iran’s future stability.
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The days-long absence of their leader had troubled many Iranians. Now Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appeared publicly for the first time since the start of the ceasefire with Israel. The crisis could even have strengthened him.
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After two weeks, the revolutionary leader returned to the public with a video.
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