Iran planning to release more public images of Mojtaba Khamenei amidst global scrutiny

Mojtaba Khamenei’s first public images set for release Images of Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei appearing in public are set to be released for the first time since his appointment in March, according to Iran’s state-run Mizan news agency.Images of Khamenei “among the people and out in ​streets, as well in meetings with the commanders of armed ⁠forces” will be released in the coming days, Iran’s state-run Mizan news agency reported, citing Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps official Qasem Qoraishi.There has been widespread speculation for months about the health of Iran’s top political and religious authority.Over the weekend, Iranian media shared an undated video of Khamenei, the first footage of him since he was appointed following the assassination of his father, Ali Khamenei, at the start of the war. The video showed Khamenei delivering a religious lesson to a group of people and appeared to have been recorded before the war. The post did not provide any details about when the footage was filmed.Questions have been raised over the supreme leader’s health and whether he was injured in US-Israeli airstrikes earlier this year.Sources who spoke to CNN around the time of Mojta...