I a
has
p omised
to
elease
footage
of
Sup eme
Leade
Mojtaba
Khame ei
i
public
a d
with
milita y
comma de s
Footage
showi g
Sup eme
Leade
Mojtaba
Khame ei
i
public
a d
meeti g
a med
fo ces
comma de s
will
be
eleased,
a
se io
Basij
official
said
o
Su day,
as
I a
seeks
to
push
back
agai st
g owi g
speculatio
ove
the
health
of
thei
sup eme
leade .The
footage
will
show
Khame ei
“amo g
the
people
a d
out
i
the
st eets,
as
well
as
i
meeti gs
with
the
comma de s
of
the
a med
fo ces,”
Basij
O ga isatio
deputy
Qasem
Qo aishi
was
quoted
as
sayi g
by
judicia y-affiliated
Miza
ews
age cy.Khame ei
has
ot
bee
see
publicly
si ce
he
was
appoi ted
sup eme
leade
i
Ma ch,
whe
he
succeeded
his
fathe
Ayatollah
Ali
Khame ei,
who
was
killed
i
a
US-Is aeli
st ike
o
I a .I a ia
state
media
o
Su day
also
published
a
u dated
video
pu po tedly
showi g
Khame ei,
although
it
was
ot
immediately
possible
to
establish
whe
o
whe e
the
footage
was
eco ded.The
moves
come
amid
mou ti g
questio s
ove
Khame ei’s
health
a d
his
ability
to
gove .
Se io
I a ia
sou ces
have
said
he
suffe ed
facial
disfigu eme t
a d
othe
i ju ies
i
the
Feb ua y
28
st ike
that
killed
his
fathe ,
the
fi st
day
of
US
a d
Is aeli
ai
st ikes
o
I a .
A
ece t
epo t
citi g
two
sou ces
close
to
P eside t
Masoud
Pezeshkia ‘s
admi ist atio
said
se io
I a ia
officials
would
ot
be
su p ised
if
Khame ei
died
soo ,
claimi g
his
co ditio
was
ext emely
c itical.Questio s
ove
Khame ei’s
co ditio
have
also
bee
fuelled
by
co flicti g
accou ts
of
Pezeshkia ‘s
access
to
him.Pezeshkia
said
o
July
21
that
his
i te actio s
with
Khame ei
we e
i c easi g,
but
said
i
ea ly
August
that
commu icati g
with
the
sup eme
leade
was
“ve y
difficult”.I a ia
state
media
said
o
Su day
that
the
p eside t
had
eve theless
met
Khame ei
i
late
July.
The
meeti g
epo tedly
cove ed
milita y
affai s
a d
the
eco omy,
i cludi g
atio al
esou ces,
the
ial,
fo eig -excha ge
ese ves,
e e gy
co sumptio
a d
eco omic
ties
with
othe
cou t ies.That
followed
a
sepa ate
epo t
that
Pezeshkia
had
ece tly
met
a
ma
p ese ted
to
him
as
Khame ei
i
a
da ke ed
locatio ,
whe e
he
could
hea
but
ot
see
the
pe so .
The
epo t
said
the
p eside t
was
left
u ce tai
about
whethe
the
ma
was
actually
the
sup eme
leade .Khame ei’s
p olo ged
abse ce
has
the efo e
left
a
u usual
questio
ha gi g
ove
I a ‘s
leade ship:
ot
simply
whethe
its
sup eme
leade
is
alive,
but
how
much
autho ity
he
is
cu e tly
able
to
exe cise.The
p omised
footage
appea s
i te ded
to
a swe
at
least
pa t
of
that
questio .
