The Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Ayatullah Sayyid Ali Khamene’i has sent his condolence message to the Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky over the Quds Day killing of three of his sons an tenths of people.
Three sons of Sheikh Zakzaky were killed by Nigerian security forces along with 33 people while many sustained various degrees of injuries. The soldiers, under the command of one Lt Col S. O. Oku, attacked the procession at its tail end on Friday the 25th of July 2014 during International Quds Day procession in Zaria. Quds Day in Nigeria has been conducted peacefully for 32 years.