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Iranian Scholar Writes Letter to Pope about US-Israeli Aggression

16:12 - March 06, 2026
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IQNA – An Iranian scholar, in a letter to the leader of the Catholic Church, warned about the consequences of the ongoing US-Israeli aggression on Iran.

Pope Leo XIV and Ayatollah Seyed Mostafa Mohaqqeq Damad

 

Ayatollah Seyed Mostafa Mohaqqeq Damad, a Fiqh and law scholar, wrote the letter to Pope Leo XIV, referred to the assassination of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution and said even in wars, governments are obliged to be committed to human and humanitarian principles.

He said after years of war and bloodshed in the Middle Ages, humanity came to his mind and issued the UN Charter to prevent any aggression and a few years later approved the Geneva Conventions to require governments to stick to justice and humanitarian principles.

Ayatollah Mohaqqeq Damad called on the pope to remind the US president of the teachings of Jesus (AS) and advise him to avoid shedding more blood.

The US and Israeli regime launched strikes on Iran starting Saturday morning, February 28.

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In response to the US-Israeli aggression, which has led to the martyrdom of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, a number of senior military commanders and hundreds of civilians, Iran has launched Operation True Promise 4, carrying out massive missile and drone attacks on Israeli targets and US bases in the region.

 

 

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