Srinagar, June 3: Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (M), Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Sunday urged Iran to use its good offices to press for the resolution of Kashmir issue.
 “Iran has an important role in the Islamic world. It can also play its role in the resolution of Kashmir. Iran has very warm and cordial relations with India as well as Pakistan. I appeal the religious as well as political leadership of Iran to use their influence in the settlement of Kashmir issue,” Mirwaiz said at the function organized to pay tributes to Imam Khumani
 Mirwaiz also said that Iran and Kashmir have historical and religious ties. Saints who preached Islam in Kashmir were from Iran, so we the people of Kashmir have lot of expectations from Iran.
 Yasin Malik, chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation front (JKLF) said that the people of Kashmir were encouraged by the Iranian revolution to set off for the struggle for Kashmir solution.
 Malik appealed the leadership of Iran to clear their Kashmir policy and break their silence about the Kashmir issue.
 Patron of Itehadul-Muslimeen, Maulana Abass Ansari while paying tributes to Imam Khumani said, “He was always sensitive to the sacrifices of the Kashmiris.”He also said that Khoumani had once made it clear to a minister of India that the ‘relations between the two counties cannot improve till the killing of people of Kashmir are not stopped’.

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