The Armenian Revolutionary Federation Bureau has sent a condolence note to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameni after it was announced Monday that Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and other officials had not survived a helicopter crash on Sunday.
In the condolence note, the ARF Bureau expressed sympathies on “this great loss.” Specifically, the message said that President “Raisi played an important role in the development of relations between Iran and Armenia.”
The Bureau’s condolence note was addressed to “Iran’s leadership, people and government, especially the families of the deceased, for this painful loss.”
The ARF Supreme Council of Armenia similarly issued a condolence statement, saying that they share the loss felt by the “brotherly people of Iran.”
“We offer our sincere condolences to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the families of the victims, the friendly people of Iran, and we are confident that the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran and its people will overcome this great loss,” the statement by the ARF Supreme Council of Armenia said.
