Zarif commiserates over demise of grand Afghan Shia Marja

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has expressed condolences over the demise of Grand Ayatollah Mohaqiq Kabuli – a prominent Afghan Shia scholar.

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Date: 12 June 2019 - 10:35

"I express my deep commiserations over the death of the great scholar, the jurisprudent and the grand Marja, Ayatollah Hajj Sheikh Ghorbanali Mohaqiq Kabuli (RA) to the honorable people of Afghanistan, the seminaries, scholars, disciples and lovers of this salient figure who was one of the most important assets of Iranian and Afghan seminaries," Zarif said in a Tuesday message.

"I ask God to give great blessings to Ayatollah Mohaqiq. May God give patience to his family [to bear this loss]," Zarif added.

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