IRGC commander-in-chief Ahmad Vahidi appeared publicly for the first time since the outbreak of the US-Israeli war with Iran, paying his respects at the coffin of late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran on July 3, according to footage broadcast by Iranian state media.
Vahidi, who has kept a low profile since the conflict began amid concerns that senior Iranian commanders could be targeted for assassination, placed his hand on Khamenei's coffin and prayed, images published by the semiofficial Fars news agency showed.
A day earlier, the IRNA state news agency reported that Vahidi had appeared at an official government meeting that was also attended by President Masud Pezeshkian, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, and Tehran Mayor Alireza Zakani among others. The agency also published photographs from the meeting.
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