Decoding Iranian supreme leader Khamenei's comments on Kashmir

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On Monday, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei marked his Eid-ul-Fitr prayers by stating that the  “Muslim world should openly support people of Bahrain, Kashmir, Yemen, etc and repudiate oppressors and tyrants who attacked people in Ramadan.”

He further said: “Issues surrounding Bahrain, Yemen and various issues in other Muslim countries wound the Islamic body as a whole.”

This is the first time in seven years that Khamenei has brought up alleged human rights violations in Kashmir. The last such occasion was in 2010. It had followed India's vote against Iran at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and New Delhi