President Hassan Rouhani visits Ayatollah Khamenei in hospital.
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is recovering in hospital after having prostate surgery, state media has said.
The country's official news agency, IRNA, described the operation which took place this morning as "routine" and said it was successful.
The 75-year-old leader was admitted to a government hospital in the capital Tehran, IRNA reported.
Mr Khamenei has the final say on all state matters in Iran.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been Iran's top leader since 1989
Media reports on the state of his health are extremely rare.
The Ayatollah has been the country's top leader since the death in 1989 of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who led the Iranian revolution.
Iranian state television said that, before he went in for the surgery, Mr Khamenei told the station that there was "no room for concern".
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