Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held a separate meeting with senior Kashmiri religious leaders, including Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Aga Syed Hassan, Muntazir Mehdi and Molvi Imran Raza Ansari, on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi on Saturday (September 12, 2026).
“War only multiplies human suffering. However serious the differences may be, endless confrontation cannot resolve them. “India, with its legacy of Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy of ahimsa , could play a constructive role in encouraging restraint, diplomacy and peaceful engagement at a time of growing international tensions. The grave challenges facing our world cannot be settled through ever-widening wars. Confrontation will only aggravate them. Human dignity has no sect or nationality, and every innocent life is precious. Araghchi.
The Kashmir leaders, according to the spokesman, also referred to the “continuing devastation in Palestine and the loss of life and instability in Lebanon”. Ultimately, even the most difficult disputes have to return to dialogue, engagement and negotiation,” the Mirwaiz told the Iranian Foreign Minister, according to the statement. We must remain on the right side of history — on the side of justice, humanity and peace,” said the Mirwaiz. “There is no place for bullying, coercion or unilateralism in today’s world,” Mr. Hassan told the Foreign Minister and stressed the need for a global order based on sovereignty, mutual respect, dialogue, international law and the peaceful resolution of disputes. “Kashmiris stand for a bully-free world—one founded on sovereignty, mutual respect, dialogue, international law and the peaceful resolution of disputes,” Mr. Hassan told Mr. The Kashmir leaders said the Iranian Foreign Minister appreciated the solidarity and sentiments expressed by the people of Kashmir, “acknowledging the deep-rooted historical and people-to-people bonds between Kashmir and Iran”.
Earlier, these leaders had also attended an interaction with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi and participated in an exhibition held in remembrance of children killed during the U.S. attack on Iran earlier this year.
Iranian official news agency, Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), also released photographs of the meeting.
The Kashmiri leaders pitched for “diplomacy over war as a means to resolve issues”. “A delegation of Indian clerics and religious leaders held a meeting with the Foreign Minister on the margins of the BRICS summit,” IRNA said.
