Lucknow, March 1 -- Maulana Khalid Rasheed Farangi Mahli, Chairman of the Islamic Centre of India, on Sunday condemned the US-Israel strikes that resulted in the death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Speaking to ANI, Maulana Rasheed called for those responsible to face trial in an international court, while urging the global community to halt the escalating conflict and appealing for citizens to maintain peace .

"Iran is an independent sovereign country and the way it was attacked is against all the international laws... We condemn this in the strongest possible words and appeal to the international community to come forward and stop this war. We also appeal that those responsible for the killing of Khamenei should be t...