AKIPRESS.COM - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been hospitalized for prostate surgery, IRNA news agency said.

The report described the surgery as "routine" and says it was successful.

The 75-year-old Khamenei has final say on all state matters in Iran and has been the country's top leader since 1989.

The report by IRNA says the surgery took place early on September 8 at a government hospital in the Iranian capital.

Meanwhile, Iranian state TV says Khamenei told the station before the surgery that there was "no room for concern."

Commentators say media reports on the state of health of Iran's top leader are extremely rare.