India, March 13 -- Iranians were seen taking photos with President Masoud Pezeshkian as he and other top leaders joined a Quds Day rally in Tehran, which later saw US-Israeli strikes nearby, multiple reports said on Friday. At least one woman was killed in the strikes.

State TV showed President Pezeshkian greeting supporters and posing for selfies on the rain-spattered streets at the annual rally in support of the Palestinian cause, AP reported. National security chief Ali Larijani was there too. He dismissed the latest strikes on the capital as being "out of desperation".

Other key officials attending in an open show of defiance included judiciary chief Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei, national police chief Ahmad-Reza Radan and foreign min...