Mirwaiz meets Iranian envoy, calls Kashmir ‘little Iran’

SRINAGAR: Kashmir’s main cleric, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Friday met Iran’s ambassador to India, Dr Mohammad Fathali, and expressed condolences implicit the decease of its apical leaders successful Israel-US attacks.According to a connection issued by Mirwaiz, helium led delegation of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema, an amalgam of spiritual organisations of Kashmir, and conveyed his condolences implicit the sidesplitting of Iran’s ultimate person Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, his household members and different leaders, and expressed “deep solidarity with the radical of Iran successful their hr of hardship”.The delegation condemned the war, which it said was “imposed” connected Iran, and expressed anticipation that diplomatic efforts would prevail and bid and stableness would beryllium restored. Others who were portion of the delegation included Mufti Nasir-ul-Islam, Aga Syed Hassan Al-Mosvi, and Aga Syed Hadi AlMosvi, Aga Syed Mujtaba.During the meeting, Mirwaiz besides highlighted the “deep-rooted cultural, humanities and spiritual ties betwixt Kashmir and Iran”.

Kashmir has agelong been referred to arsenic “Iran-e-Sagheer” (little Iran), helium stated, stressing that it reflected the enduring enslaved betwixt Kashmiris and the radical of Iran.Thousands of radical successful Kashmir had gathered astatine Srinagar’s Lal Chowk and aboriginal successful Budgam to condemn the sidesplitting of Khamenei earlier this month. The Valley besides witnessed a large-scale donation thrust pursuing an entreaty by the Iranian embassy, with radical contributing cash, gold, accepted copperware, household items, vehicles and adjacent livestock.

Former CM and PDP main Mehbooba Mufti was the archetypal governmental fig from J&K to sojourn the embassy to explicit solidarity with Iran, followed by National Conference MPs. On March 10, NC president Farooq Abdullah visited the Iranian diplomatic ngo and signed the condolence publication connected Khamenei’s death.