- Several leaders of the Iranian regime took to the streets Friday, joining pro-regime demonstrations in a show of confidence against the US and Iran.
- President Masoud Pezeshkian was seen casually walking among crowds and interacting with the public despite active threats against Iranian leaders who are being targeted by Israel and the US.
- Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, de facto military leader and national security chief Ali Larijani and the head of the police Ahmad-Reza Radan were also out and about, though they were surrounded by bodyguards, the Wall Street Journal reported.
- New Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, meanwhile, hasn’t been seen in public after being selected to replace his father, who was killed in US-Israeli strikes at the beginning of the war.
- The war doesn’t seem to be slowing down as reports emerged Friday that the US will send 2,500 Marines and at least one additional warship to the Middle East to help in the fight against Iran.
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