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The country of Iran lost revered leaders with the deaths of its president and foreign minister in a horrific helicopter crash. Tens of thousands of mourners attended the funeral for President Ayatullah Seyyed Ebrahim Rais al-Sadati, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and other officials who died in a helicopter crash. Condolences were expressed from all over the world.
“Our deepest sympathies to the families, friends, and loved ones for the loss of such valued servants of the Islamic Revolution. As Muslims, your pain is our pain as well,” said the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, National Representative of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam.
Minister Farrakhan issued a statement on behalf of himself, the Nation of Islam Shura Executive Council, his family, and the Nation of Islam. He expressed heartfelt condolences to Ayatullah Seyyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution and the people of Iran. [See letter]
President Ebrahim Rais, along with Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and others, died in the crash in the northwestern province of East Azerbaijan on May 19.
Other leaders and heads of state also issued statements reported Al Jazeera.
