Iran鈥檚 Supreme Leader leads prayers for first time since 2012
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivered the sermon amid anger at last week鈥檚 plane crash.
Following last week鈥檚 accidental shooting down of a passenger plane and the widespread protests that have followed, Iran鈥檚 Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivered a Friday sermon for the first time in eight years. He appealed for unity and offered condolences to the families of the 176 people who died in the crash.
Also on the programme; new research shows how the danger of sepsis has been underestimated; and we hear from three brothers who have now completed their 3,000 mile rowing challenge across the Atlantic.
(Photo: Iran鈥檚 supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei leading the main weekly prayers in Tehran. Credit: Iran Press/ AFP).
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