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Mirwaiz thanks Khamenei for Support to ‘Kashmir struggle’

KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 6/28/2017 11:36:49 AM

SRINAGAR, Jun 27: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq today thanked the supreme leader of Iran Ayotallah Ali Khamenei for calling on Muslims across the world to support the “freedom struggle in Kashmir.”
The Iranian leader yesterday called the cause of Palestine a major issue of the Islamic world and also urged Muslims to support the “people of Bahrain, Kashmir and Yemen”.
He made the remarks in an address to a gathering of Iranians in the capital Tehran, reported Xinhua news agency.
"Welcome and appreciate the statement of @khamenei_ir calling on the Muslim world to support the just freedom struggle of the people of #Kashmir," said Mirwaiz, in a tweet.
Later talking to media, Hurriyat (M) chairman said it is after a long time that the religious head of Iran openly supported Kashmir cause and condemned the state violence on Kashmiris in Ramazan.
He thanked the Khamenei for his stance.