SRINAGAR: Kashmir‘s chief cleric, Mirwaiz Umar FarooqFriday met Iran’s ambassador to India, Dr Mohammad Fathali, and expressed condolences over the dying of its high leaders in Israel-US assaults.Based on an announcement issued by Mirwaiz, he led delegation of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema, an amalgam of non secular organizations of Kashmir, and conveyed his condolences over the killing of Iran’s supreme chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, his relations and different leaders, and expressed “deep solidarity with the folks of Iran of their hour of hardship”.The delegation condemned the conflict, which it stated was “imposed” on Iran, and expressed hope that diplomatic efforts would prevail and peace and stability can be restored. Others who had been a part of the delegation included Mufti Nasir-ul-Islam, Aga Syed Hassan Al-Mosvi, and Aga Syed Hadi AlMosvi, Aga Syed Mujtaba.Throughout the assembly, Mirwaiz additionally highlighted the “deep-rooted cultural, historic and spiritual ties between Kashmir and Iran”. Kashmir has lengthy been known as “Iran-e-Sagheer” (little Iran), he acknowledged, stressing that it mirrored the enduring bond between Kashmiris and the folks of Iran.Hundreds of individuals in Kashmir had gathered at Srinagar’s Lal Chowk and later in Budgam to sentence the killing of Khamenei earlier this month. The Valley additionally witnessed a large-scale donation drive following an attraction by the Iranian embassy, with folks contributing money, gold, conventional copperware, home goods, automobiles and even livestock.Former CM and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti was the primary political determine from J&Ok to go to the embassy to precise solidarity with Iran, adopted by Nationwide Convention MPs. On March 10, NC president Farooq Abdullah visited the Iranian diplomatic mission and signed the condolence e book on Khamenei’s dying.