Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei has expressed his gratitude to Iraq’s religious authority and nation for their “explicit” stance on the unlawful war by the United States and the Israeli regime against the Islamic Republic.

In a message on Sunday, Ayatollah Khamenei commended support of top Iraqi religious clerics and nation for Iran in the face of the US-Israeli war of aggression, which began on February 28 by assassinating then-Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and several senior commanders.

Iran’s Ambassador to Baghdad Mohammad Kazem Ale Sadeq handed over the Leader’s message to Head of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq Shaikh Humam Hamoudi.

In a statement, which was read out during the Eid al-Fitr prayers on March 21, the top Muslim Shia cleric in Iraq, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ali al-Sistani, strongly condemned the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran.