The picture shows that he held a meeting with Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon Mojtaba Amani, amid ongoing speculations about his deteriorating health.

The post aims to dispels the rumours that he was in a coma.

There were rumours that Mojtaba Khamenei, who is second son of Iran’s current supreme leader, has secretly been chosen to succeed father following death of President Ebrahim Raisi, previously considered frontrunner

Mojtaba Khamenei, 55, the second son of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been chosen in a secret vote as his father’s successor, according to a report by opposition-affiliated news outlet Iran International.

These rumours surface weeks before Iran s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, warned of a "crushing response" to Israel and the US following recent attacks on Iranian targets.

"The enemies, both the USA and the Zionist regime, should know that they will definitely receive a tooth-breaking response," Khamenei said, referring to Iran-aligned groups including those in Yemen and Syria.

On October 26, Israel bombed military sites in Iran, killing four servicemen, in response to an October 1 barrage of about 200 missiles that Tehran called a reprisal.

Since late September Israel has been engaged in full-scale war against Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon while fighting continues against the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which triggered the Gaza war by attacking Israel on October 7 last year.