Moscow, March 1, 2026 (AFP) - Putin calls Khamenei killing 'cynical violation' of 'morality and international law'

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2026-03-01

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday slammed the killing of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in US and Israeli strikes as a "cynical violation" of morality and law. In a letter to his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian published by the Kremlin, Putin expressed "deepest condolences for the assassination of" Khamenei, saying the killing was "carried out in a cynical violation of all norms of human morality and international law......

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