Jammu, March 3 -- Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday appealed for restraint and calm in the wake of escalating US-Israel military strikes in Iran, emphasising that the people of Iran alone have the right to determine their government.

Speaking to the media, Abdullah condemned the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and his family, stressing that no international law permits regime change through external bombing.

"It is up to the people of Iran to decide what kind of government will be in place in Iran. No international law allows for a regime change through external bombing. First, the way Iran's Supreme Leader was brutally assassinated, along with his family members. What law allowed t...