Iran’s Supreme Leader leads prayers for first time since 2012

Following last week’s accidental shooting down of a passenger plane and the widespread protests that have followed, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivered a Friday sermon for the first time in eight years. He appealed for unity and offered condolences to the families of the 176 people who died in the crash.

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(Photo: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei leading the main weekly prayers in Tehran. Credit: Iran Press/ AFP).