Iranian Supreme Leader Appears In Public For First Time Since Conflict With Israel

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was seen successful nationalist for nan first clip since nan opening of Israel's warfare against Iran connected Saturday.

Khamenei had been secluded successful a information bunker for nan entirety of nan conflict, though President Donald Trump claimed to cognize his location astatine nan time. Khamenei attended a mourning ceremonial connected nan eve of Ashoura connected Saturday, waving to a ample crowd but not making immoderate statement.

Trump asserted during nan 12-day warfare pinch Israel that nan U.S. knew Khamenei's location, but would not termination him, "at slightest for now."

Khamenei made his first nationalist connection successful days connected June 26, soon aft a cease-fire betwixt Israel and Iran began. He said successful a pre-recorded connection that Tehran had delivered a "slap to America’s face" by striking a U.S. aerial guidelines successful Qatar, and informing against further attacks by nan U.S. aliases Israel connected Iran.

WHAT'S NEXT FOR IRAN'S TERROR ARMY, THE IRGC, AFTER DEVASTATING MILITARY SETBACKS?

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks successful a televised, pre-recorded message, aft nan ceasefire betwixt Iran and Israel, successful Tehran, Iran, June 26, 2025. (Office of nan Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via Reuters)

In reality, nary of Iran's missiles deed their people connected nan Al-Udeid Air Base.

Despite nan U.S. onslaught connected 3 atomic accommodation crossed Iran past month, experts opportunity nan regime is still bent connected processing atomic weapons.

"Repair, reconstitute and rebuild is going to beryllium nan modus operandi of nan Islamic Republic of Iran," Behnam Ben Taleblu, Senior Director of nan Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Iran Program told Fox News Digital. "It conscionable depends connected really are they going to beryllium doing it? While flirting pinch nan world community? Are they going to spell acheronian wholly altogether?"

"All of this remains to beryllium seen," he added.

GEN. KEANE: IRANIANS HAVE NOT GIVEN UP ON A NUCLEAR WEAPON

Map of US strikes connected Iran. (Fox News)

Spokesman for nan Iranian regime, Fatemeh Mohajerani, confirmed this week that nan Fordow, Isfahan and Natanz nuclear sites had been "seriously damaged" pursuing nan U.S. and Israeli strikes connected Iran's atomic programme past month.

Questions stay complete nan extent of damage that was incurred, arsenic good arsenic skepticism complete whether Iran was capable to move immoderate enriched uranium aliases centrifuges distant from nan heavy guarded sites anterior to nan strikes. 

Though nan Trump management said past week that it had "obliterated" nan 3 accommodation it struck, and has fervently rejected reports suggesting that Iranian officials whitethorn person been capable to transportation immoderate elements of nan regime’s atomic program, Israeli officials confirmed this week that they are continuing to show nan business closely.

TRUMP COULD ARM ISRAEL WITH US B-2S AND BUNKER BUSTERS IF IRAN TRIES TO GO NUCLEAR UNDER NEW PROPOSAL

President Donald Trump is shown successful nan Situation Room adjacent to an image of nan harm done to Iran's Fordow atomic installation connected June 21, 2025. (The White House; Maxar Technologies via Reuters)

Experts successful nan U.S. and Israel person said they judge Iran is still assessing nan grade of nan harm from nan "bunker buster" bombs, and that nan authorities will look to retrieve and repair what it tin — meaning it whitethorn beryllium looking to bargain time.

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"No doubt, nan authorities will still person a negotiated strategy designed to rope-a-dope anybody, and to find arsenic overmuch clip arsenic imaginable for this authorities to do that," Ben Taleblu said.

Fox News' Caitlin McFall contributed to this report