Iranian outlets circulated a rare photograph of Mojtaba Khamenei, taken during the 2017 Kermanshah earthquake. The image also shows Abd al-Rahim Mousavi, commander of Iran's armed forces who was killed in March, according to N12.
01 · THE DISPATCH
Iranian media have published a rare photograph of Mojtaba Khamenei, taken during the devastating 2017 Kermanshah earthquake that killed over 600 people. The image also shows Abd al-Rahim Mousavi, the commander of Iran's Armed Forces who was killed in operations in March. The photo is one of the few publicly available images of Mojtaba Khamenei, who has largely stayed out of the public eye. The publication was reported by N12 correspondent Asaf Rozenzweig.
02 · How it developed
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