JAKARTA - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday he had met with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who has not been seen in public since his appointment in early March.
However, President Pezeshkian did not mention when their meeting took place.
"What impressed me the most during this meeting was the vision and the humble and sincere approach of the supreme leader of the Islamic revolution," President Pezeshkian said in a video broadcast by state television, reported Al Arabiya from Reuters (7/5)
Khamenei, who was wounded in an attack on the first day of the Middle East war that claimed the lives of his father and predecessor Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has only issued written statements since his appointment.
His 86-year-old father was killed in the Israeli-US attack on February 28, after more than three decades leading the Islamic Republic.
Ali Khamenei himself replaced the republic's founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989.
Mojtaba's appointment by Iran's Assembly of Experts, an 88-member body responsible for choosing the supreme leader, was announced by state television on March 9.
Since then, the portrait of the 56-year-old has become a common sight on the streets of Iran, but the new leader has rarely appeared in public, in stark contrast to his father's frequent appearances.
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