Imam Khamenei Undergoes Successful Surgery

Local Editor

The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution His Eminence Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei has undergone a surgery at a government hospital in Tehran, state media said.

The official IRNA news agency said the operation, which was described as routine, was successful. There were no immediate details on what had prompted the surgery or the underlying medical condition.

Iranian state TV said Imam Khamenei told the station just ahead of the surgery that there was "no room for concern".

The station aired brief footage of Khamenei just before the surgery in which he asked people to pray for him.
"There is no room for concern, but this does not mean that they - the people - do not need to pray," Khamenei said.

Later reports coming from the hospital said that the surgery has just ended successfully.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team