Jairam Ramesh and Ayatollah Khamenei (Images/PTI)

New Delhi: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh took a dig at the Prime Minister on Friday. Narendra ModiQuestioned his hesitation to condemn the death of Iran’s late supreme leader Ali Khamenei.Recalling his earlier allegation of a “compromising PM”, Ramesh claimed that PM Modi “wanted to avoid angering his American and Israeli friends”, referring to US President Donald Trump and Tel Aviv Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.In a post on X, he wrote: “Why the hesitation now? A compromised Prime Minister undoubtedly wants to avoid angering his American and Israeli ‘friends’.”The Congress leader also questioned the silence of PM Modi and the Ministry of External Affairs after the death of Ayatollah Khamenei. He wrote, “Ayatollah Khamenei, the constitutional head of state in Iran, was assassinated by the US and Israel on February 28, 2026. The PM is silent. The Foreign Minister is silent. There is no obituary reference in Parliament yet.”His comments come after India supported the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution condemning Iran’s attacks on Middle Eastern countries.He further wrote, “India has rightly condemned Iran’s attacks on Gulf countries, but is completely silent on the US-Israeli attack on Iran. It must be remembered that Iran is a part of the BRICS+ forum, which India chairs this year.”Recalling the death of former Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash in 2024, Ramesh said the government had earlier announced a one-day state mourning and was now hesitating. He wrote, “In May 2024, Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi died in a mysterious helicopter crash. The Modi government ordered a day of mourning on May 21, 2024, and a condolence message was delivered in the Parliament meeting on July 1, 2024.”Khamenei was killed in a coordinated attack by Israel and the United States earlier this month. He was later succeeded by his second eldest son, Mojtaba Khamenei.