Mirwaiz-led delegation visits Iranian embassy in Delhi, expresses condolences over killing of Khamenei, his family members

Kashmir main cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, besides caput of the amalgam of spiritual groups Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU), on Friday (March 27, 2026) met Iranian Ambassador Dr. Mohammad Fathali successful New Delhi and expressed condolences “on the martyrdom of Supreme person Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, his household members and different leadership”.

“People of J&K person a batch of symptom successful their hearts implicit the oppression and injustice meted retired to Iran, Lebanon, Palestine. People peacefully came retired successful Kashmir to protestation against it. People are adjacent present collecting money. Kashmir has a humanities transportation with Iran, connected relationship of culture, faith,” said the Mirwaiz. 

The Mirwaiz was joined by elder spiritual leaders, including Mufti Nasir-ul-Islam, Aga Syed Hassan Al-Mosvi, Aga Syed Hadi Al-Mosvi, and Aga Syed Mujtaba, during his sojourn to the Iranian embassy. He besides recorded “deep consciousness of grief and sorrow successful the condolence publication astatine the embassy” and paid “rich tributes connected behalf of the radical of J&K to Khamenei”.

A spokesperson of the MMU said the delegation led by the Mirwaiz “conveyed heartfelt condolences connected the martyrdom of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, his household members and different leadership”. “The delegation expressed heavy solidarity with the radical of Iran successful their hr of penetration and hardship,” said the spokesperson.

The delegation, according to the spokesperson, besides expressed “serious interest and condemned the ongoing warfare imposed connected Iran by Israel and the United States”. The Mirwaiz, the spokesperson said, hoped that “diplomatic efforts volition prevail to bring an extremity to this aggression, restoring bid and stability”.

Meanwhile, the delegation highlighted the deep-rooted cultural, historical, and spiritual ties betwixt Kashmir and Iran. “Kashmir has agelong been referred to arsenic “Iran-e-Sagheer” (Little Iran), reflecting the enduring bonds betwixt the 2 peoples,” the spokesperson said.