Iranian judiciary asked to pursue Kashmir issue

TEHRAN: Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, has called upon the Judiciary of his country to pursue issues like Kashmir legally and adopt official position on such international issues.

Ayatollah Khamenei made these remarks at a meeting with high ranking members of Iran's judiciary including Chief Justice, Sadeq Amoli Larijani.

"The Judiciary should intervene from a legal position in such issues as sanctions, US confiscations and terrorism or [come out] in support of  downtrodden personalities in the world such as Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky or the Muslims of Myanmar and Kashmir," Press TV quoting the supreme leader reported.

In such issues, Ayatollah Khamenei said, the Judiciary should "decisively declare its supportive position or opposition so it is reflected across the world."

While Kashmir is gripped in decades of bloody conflict with Muslim majority seeking their right to decide their political destiny, Muslim community of Myanmar has been facing a systematic deadly campaign of suppression.

This is the second time that Ayatollah Khamenei has referred to Kashmir in last 10 days. Ayatollah Khamenei, during his Eid-al-Fitr sermon urged the Muslims worldwide to support the people of Kashmir who faced oppression even during the fasting month of Ramadan. - NNI