Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday (March 1, 2026) condemned the “targeted assassination” of Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, without a formal declaration of war by the United States and Israel.
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In an unequivocal statement, the Congress president extended his condolences to Khamenei’s family, the people of Iran and the global Shia community, and reiterated India’s long-standing commitment to peaceful settlement of disputes through dialogue and respect for international law.
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“The targeted use of force to destabilise the leadership and governing structures of a sovereign state—whether in Iran or earlier in Venezuela—signals a disturbing revival of regime-change doctrines and coercive unilateralism,” Mr. Kharge said in a statement. He added, “It also contravenes the United Nations Charter — especially Article 2(4), which expressly prohibits “the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state,” and Article 2(7), which forbids intervention in matters essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any state”.
