Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei for the second time in a week, made comments about Kashmir, urging support for its ‘oppressed’ Muslim, reported the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA). Khamenei’s timing for the statement is noteworthy, as his comments came in the run-up to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Israel, which is no friend of Iran’s. Further, with India and Iran squabbling over a gas field, and India’s tilt toward Riyadh, Indo-Iran ties are suddenly not looking too high on New Delhi’s agenda. In 2010, when Khamenei spoke of…
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