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Putin calls the killing of Khamenei a ‘cynical’ murder
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In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via videolink in Moscow on December 26, 2025. (Mikhail METZEL / POOL / AFP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin says that the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and members of his family were “cynical” murders that violated all the norms of human morality and international law.
“Please accept my deep condolences in connection with the murder of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Syed Ali Khamenei, and members of his family, committed in cynical violation of all norms of human morality and international law,” Putin says in a note to Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian.
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