India has mentioned Iran’s supreme chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s feedback on Indian Muslims are “unacceptable”. Posting on X on the beginning anniversary of Prophet Mohammed, the Iranian chief had clubbed Indian Muslims with these in Gaza, speaking about their sufferings.
“We strongly deplore the feedback made relating to minorities in India by the Supreme Chief of Iran,” the international ministry has mentioned in a press release.
“These are misinformed and unacceptable. Nations commenting on minorities are suggested to have a look at their very own report earlier than making any observations about others,” New Delhi has added.
In his submit on X, previously Twitter, as we speak, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had mentioned: “We can not think about ourselves to be Muslims if we’re oblivious to the struggling {that a} Muslim is enduring in #Myanmar, #Gaza, #India, or every other place.”
“The enemies of Islam have all the time tried to make us detached with regard to our shared identification as an Islamic Ummah,” he added.
The feedback got here amid an escalation of hostilities between Iran and Israel — a state of affairs that had led to discomfiture in New Delhi.
India shares shut ties with each nations. If 80 per cent of oil comes from West Asia, the strategic relationship with Israel — particularly by way of defence and safety — is evolving.
Teheran is the largest provider of crude in West Asia. New Delhi and Teheran additionally share issues of terror from Pakistan and Afghanistan and hope for the Chabahar port.
Terror can be what binds India with Israel, with each nations struggling throughout the 26/11 Mumbai terror assault, which was why India lent assist to Israel within the first few hours of the October 7 terrorist assaults by Hamas.