Iran’s Mojtaba Khamenei urges Gulf rulers in written message to confront ‘real enemy’

Khamenei hasn’t ⁠been seen in public since being injured in airstrikes six ​months ⁠ago, but a series of written statements have been attributed to him.

Iranian Supreme Leader ​Mojtaba Khamenei urged Muslim countries, particularly those in the Persian Gulf, to unite against what he called their “real enemy” and said divisions among Muslims served the interests of their adversaries.

The ⁠message was published on Khamenei’s Telegram account for Islamic Unity Week, which marks the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad.

It called for Muslim unity, cooperation in various fields and mutual defense, saying anyone who ⁠creates divisions among Muslims, “knowingly or unknowingly,” ​helps ⁠Islam’s enemies.

It asked whether Palestinians would have been left “so helpless” if Muslims had been united.

Khamenei has not ⁠been seen in public since being injured in U.S.-Israeli airstrikes six ​months ⁠ago that launched the ‌Iran war, killing his father and previous supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.