Putin calls Khamenei killing ‘cynical violation’ of ‘morality and international law’

FILE - In this picture released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin greet each other during their meeting in Tehran, Iran, July 19, 2022. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File)

MOSCOW: 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.”