Tehran (Iran), July 5 (LaPresse/AP) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has made his first public appearance since the outbreak of the war between Iran and Israel. Khamenei took part in a funeral ceremony on the eve of Ashura, the Shiite Muslim day of mourning for the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. The observance also marks the beginning of the Islamic calendar.