Iran's Ambassador to Indonesia recalls Khamenei: A leader who never smiled at the Zionists
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Ambassador to Indonesia, Mohammad Boroujerdi, recalled the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (86), Iran’s Supreme Leader who died in an attack by Israel and the United States on Iran, on Saturday (28/2/2026).
In a petition-signing and joint prayers event on Thursday (5/3/2026), Boroujerdi said that Khamenei was a Great Leader who spent his life on state affairs and in uniting the Muslim Ummah.
‘We today mourn the loss of a Great Leader who loves you all, loves all the people who loved him. And he always prayed for you all,’ Boroujerdi said at the Iranian Ambassador’s residence in Menteng, Central Jakarta, on Thursday.
‘He was a leader who never smiled at the Zionist regime of Israel,’ he said.
‘Because Khamenei is said to have always opposed various forms of violent hegemonies and genocide up to murder.’
‘The enemies killed our Supreme Leader on charges of trying to build nuclear weapons,’ he said.
‘This happened at a time when he had already issued a fatwa declaring the storage, production, and use of nuclear weapons haram.’
‘He believed that if the Muslim Ummah is to be a great and noble people, then they must continue to take a firm stance against Zionism,’ Boroujerdi asserted.
Indonesia’s President Prabowo extended condolences for the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The letter was delivered by Foreign Minister Sugiono in a meeting with the Iranian Ambassador Mohammad Boroujerdi on Wednesday (4/3/2026) yesterday.
Sugiono posted the moment on X, @Menlu_RI, on the same day.
“I also conveyed the letter from President @prabowo to President Masoud Pezeshkian, who expressed deepest condolences on the passing of His Eminence Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran,” Sugiono said in his post.
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