Iran’s supreme leader thanks Iraq for support in war

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Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei thanked Iraq's religious authority and people for their support against the United States and Israel. This statement, reported by Iranian media on March 29, 2026, follows an earlier call by Ali al-Sistani for Muslims to denounce the war.

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Iran’s newly elected supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei has thanked Iraq for backing Tehran in the war against the United States and Israel, according to a message carried by Iranian media. He “expresses his gratitude to the supreme religious authority and the Iraqi people for their clear stance against the aggression in Iran,” the ISNA news agency reported, referring to Ali al-Sistani.

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