Iran says NSA Ajit Doval promised to teach a lesson to Prophet Muhammad offenders
Iran and India on Wednesday held a meeting to exchange the ideas for a wide range of trades, connectivity, and counter-terror cooperation amid the ongoing controversy over the derogatory remark on Prophet Mohammad by the ruling BJP party’s leader Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal, who have been removed from the party and described as fringe elements.
The meeting has been attended by top Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, the first big leader who visited India after the Prophet Mohammad controversy. During the meeting, he raised questions about the controversial remark on Prophet, which has been already criticised by the top Gulf countries including Qatar, Kuwait, and UAE among others with National Security Adviser Ajit Doval.
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The report said the National Security Advisor Doval told the Iranian minister that the offenders who have used the bad remark for Prophet Mohammad will be dealt with in such a way that others will take a lesson from it. However, there is no official response from the Indian government side on the details of the Iranian statement.
Reports also revealed that the Iranian minister also praised India’s diverse culture, people, and the government for respect for Prophet Muhammad and others religions equally in the country.
While tweeting about the meeting with India, Abdollahian wrote he is pleased to meet PM Modi, FM Jaishankar and other Indian officials to advance their bilateral strategic dialogue. Tehran & New Delhi agree on the need to respect divine religions & Islamic sanctities & to avoid divisive statements. Determined to bring relations to new heights,’ the minister tweeted last night.
Meanwhile, the ruling party BJP on Sunday suspended Nupur Sharma and expelled the party’s Delhi unit media head Naveen Jindal over the derogatory remark on Prophet Mohammad, after getting criticized by the several countries, including United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Indonesia, Maldives, Bahrain, Oman, Malaysia, Libya, Iraq denounced the remark on Prophet.
