"People chanted anti-US and anti-Israeli slogans as they gathered for midday prayers on Friday during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, undeterred by a ferocious bombardment on the capital, an Al Jazeera team on the ground reported. Iranian flags were also waved as people prepared to pray, in a sign of support for the Iranian government amid the ongoing strikes, including an attack in the early hours of the conflict that killed Iran's Supreme Leader."
"Footage shared by Iranian media showed crowds of men and women dressed in black streaming to an open space outside the Grand Mosque of Imam Khomeini in the capital. In the background of one video, a man speaking through a loudspeaker mourned Khamenei, describing him as the embodiment of piety and guardianship in our time, while others, seated on prayer rugs, openly wept."
"Similar scenes were observed in footage from other cities across Iran, including Ilam and Borujerd in the west and Zahedan in the southeast, AFP reported. The prayers were held as the US and Israeli waves of strikes on Tehran and other Iranian cities, following threats from United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that the bombardment was about to surge dramatically."
Iranian citizens assembled in Tehran and other major cities for Friday prayers during Ramadan, the first such gathering since US-Israeli military operations began. Worshippers held portraits of the assassinated Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and waved Iranian flags while chanting anti-US and anti-Israeli slogans. Large crowds gathered outside the Grand Mosque of Imam Khomeini in Tehran, with participants dressed in black mourning Khamenei. Similar demonstrations occurred in cities including Ilam, Borujerd, and Zahedan. The prayers proceeded despite ongoing bombardment of the capital, with US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth threatening intensified strikes. Military installations and sites in Tehran were targeted during the latest wave of attacks.
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