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'Interaction' with Iran's injured Supreme Leader increasing daily, president says
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DUBAI, July 21 (Reuters) - The level of "interaction" with Iran's Supreme Leader is increasing day by day, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said in a video clip published on state media on Tuesday.
His remarks follow months of speculation about the health of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who has not been seen in public since the airstrike that killed his father and predecessor, Ali Khamenei, at the start of the Iran war.
"The interaction level with our dear Supreme Leader is increasing day by day and should increase so that we can solve our problems with his guidance," Pezeshkian said in the clip.
Khamenei has issued written statements since his appointment as Iran's third supreme leader by a clerical body on March 8, but no new image or voice recording has accompanied them.
Senior sources told Reuters in July that the lack of an image or a voice recording was due to health and security considerations.