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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made the remark about Indian Muslims in his message to the community, stressing unity, on the occasion of Prophet Mohammed’s birth anniversary.
In Iran's first official reaction to Friday's attack, ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said freedom of speech did not justify Rushdie's insults against religion.
With some 90% of the 28.6 million ballots counted, Raisi's tally was 17.8 million, interior ministry official Jamal Orfi said.
Khamenei said in his Twitter post that Iranian officials must take up the task of 'pursuing this crime and punishing its perpetrators and those who commanded it.'
India had summoned Iran's Ambassador Ali Chegeni in New Delhi two days ago and lodged a strong protest over the 'unwarranted' comments by Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif over communal violence in the national capital.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had vowed harsh vengeance against the US after commander Qasem Soleimani, the architect of Iran's spreading influence in the Middle East, was killed in an airstrike ordered by Donald Trump.
The overnight attack, authorised by President Donald Trump, marked a dramatic escalation in a "shadow war" in the Middle East between Iran and the United States and its allies, principally Israel and Saudi Arabia.