Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Mar 9: Political leaders from Jammu and Kashmir across party lines on Monday visited the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in New Delhi to express condolences over the assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, while also raising concerns about the safety of Indian students stranded in the conflict-hit country.
Last week, Kashmir witnessed widespread protests over the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader in a coordinated airstrike by US and Israeli forces.
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party Chief Mehbooba Mufti called on the Iranian Ambassador to India, Dr Mohammad Fathali, along with Budgam MLA Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi.
In a post on social media, Mufti said she was “touched by the warmth and graciousness” of the embassy staff despite the sombre atmosphere amid escalating tensions.
“It’s a powerful testament to the resilience of the people of Iran. May Allah SWT keep them safe in His protection,” she wrote.
“Visited the Iranian Cultural Centre & Embassy in Delhi to offer my deepest condolences to the people of Iran in these difficult times & paid my tributes to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on his ‘martyrdom’. Also took up the issue of Kashmiri students stranded in Iran with the Hon’ble Ambassador,” she wrote in another post on X.
Members of Parliament from the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference – Chowdry Mohammad Ramzan, Sajjad Ahmed Kichloo and Gurwinder Singh Oberoi – also visited the embassy and signed the condolence book.
The MPs conveyed condolences on behalf of the people of Jammu and Kashmir and the party leadership, including NC president Farooq Abdullah and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, a party statement said. They condemned what they termed a “unilateral and barbaric attack” by the United States and Israel on a sovereign nation, saying such actions violate international law and threaten regional peace.
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