Mehbooba Mufti to travel to Tehran for funeral of Iran's Supreme Leader, in politically sensitive visit
PDP president Mehbooba Mufti is travelling to Tehran to attend the funeral of Iran's Supreme Leader, who was killed in a joint US-Israel airstrike in February. The visit has drawn attention because she is the only non-Shia political leader from Jammu and Kashmir invited to the ceremony. The trip comes at a time when India is maintaining an official position of neutrality on the killing.According to the supplied report, Union Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita and Bihar Governor Syed Ata Hasnain will represent India in the official delegation. Mufti's attendance is being viewed as politically significant because... [Continue Reading]
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