Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was a martyr in the US and Israeli attacks, state media confirmed, as another wave of attacks hit the country on Sunday.
Several countries, global bodies and prominent groups responded to the assassination of Iran's supreme leader, urging a reduction in tension.
Pakistan
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday denounced joint US-Israeli attacks on Iran's supreme leader, saying such actions were a “violation of the norms of international law.”
In a post on X, PM Shehbaz said it was an old convention that heads of state or government should not be targeted.
“Pakistan also expresses concern over the violation of the norms of international law. It is an ancient convention that heads of state and government should not be attacked.”
Russia
President Vladimir Putin described Khamenei's assassination as a “cynical murder” that violated “all standards of human morality and international law.”
“Please accept my deepest condolences regarding the assassination of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Seyed Ali Khamenei, and members of his family, committed in cynical violation of all norms of human morality and international law.”
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China said it “strongly condemns” the assassination of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei by the United States and Israel, and again called for a halt to military actions.
The assassination was “a serious violation of Iran's sovereignty and security, a trampling of the objectives and principles of the UN Charter and the basic norms of international relations,” Beijing's Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
“China firmly opposes and strongly condemns this,” he added, calling for an “immediate cessation of military operations.”
Malaysia
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Sunday “unreservedly” condemned the assassination of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
“I unreservedly condemn the assassination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. This act places the Middle East on the brink of serious and sustained instability. I extend my condolences to the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Iranian people at this deeply difficult time,” he wrote
Indonesian Muslim Ulema Clerical Council
“The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) expressed its deepest condolences over the death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as a result of the Israeli-American attack on February 28.
“The United States, which is playing a central role in managing the Palestinian conflict through the BOP (Peace Board), faces an important question: is this strategy really aimed at a just peace, or is it actually strengthening an unequal security architecture and burying Palestinian independence? Therefore, the MUI urges the Indonesian government to revoke its membership in the BOP.”
North Korea
North Korea condemned the attacks by the United States and Israel as an “illegal act of aggression.”
The attacks “constitute a totally illegal act of aggression and the most vile form of violation of sovereignty by their nature,” a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said, according to state media.
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“The martyrdom of the Supreme Leader at the hands of Israel and the criminal United States was a great disaster for our country… The United States and Israel must know that it will bring them nothing but shame.”
