LUCKNOW, April 9 -- Clerics welcomed the announcement of a two-week ceasefire between Iran, the US and Israel as people gathered at Shia PG College on Victoria Street on Wednesday morning, raising slogans in favour of Iran and holding photographs of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his successor Mujtaba Ali Khamenei.

The All-India Shia Personal Law Board (AISPLB) said that the world would never forget the sacrifice of Ayatollah Syed Ali Khamenei, and also expressed sorrow over the deaths of innocent civilians in the conflict.

At a meeting of the AISPLB at Shia PG College, presided over by its president Maulana Syed Saim Mehdi Naqvi, general secretary Maulana Yasoob Abbas congratulated the people and leadership of Iran fo...