Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei was killed in a US-Israeli attack on February 28. On Thursday (March 5), India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri visited the Iranian Embassy in New Delhi to express his condolences on Khamenei’s death and signed a condolence book. Now Congress has hit back at this and called it a failure of the government’s diplomacy.
What did the Congress leaders say?
Congress leader Subhankar Sarkar has targeted the government. On the signing of the condolence book at the Iranian Embassy by Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on behalf of the Indian government, he said, ‘The government’s diplomacy has failed, when they started being criticized, they later went to the condolence meeting, whereas the Congress had already made its stand clear.’
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri had expressed condolences
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, on behalf of the Indian government, had expressed condolences on the death of Iran’s late supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei. Misri visited the Iran Embassy in New Delhi on Thursday (March 5) to sign a condolence book and pay tribute to Iran’s late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Khamenei died on 28 February
It is noteworthy that Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed on February 28 in a joint American-Israeli military operation. This campaign was named ‘Operation Epic Fury’. After Khamenei’s death, 40 days of mourning was announced in Iran. US President Donald Trump had announced his killing on his social media platforms, after which Iran’s state media also confirmed it.
The funeral ceremony was postponed
At the same time, Khamenei has not been laid to rest yet, the mourning ceremony was postponed at the last moment. Officially it is being said that preparations are going on in this regard but questions are being raised regarding the cremation not taking place till now. Arrangements are being made to keep his mortal remains in the Grand Mosalla of Tehran. This is the same place where big religious and national events take place. It is noteworthy that Khamenei was a major religious and political face of Iran.
