Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei appeared in public after weeks in hiding during a 12-day US-Israel conflict. He declared victory, rejected Trump’s surrender demand, and said the war wasn’t about Iran’s nuclear program.

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made his first public appearance since the 12-day war between Israel and Iran, attending a mourning ceremony on the eve of Ashura.Mr Khamenei was seen in a video broadcasted by state media greeting people and being cheered at in a mosque as worshippers marked the annual Shiite anniversary that marks the death of Imam Hussein,