Azerbaijan’s Milli Majlis Speaker expresses condolences to Iranian counterpart Over the death of Raisi

Speaker of Azerbaijan’s Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova expressed condolences to her Iranian counterpart Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf over the death of President Ebrahim Raisi and officials accompanying him in a helicopter crash.

Gafarova expressed deep condolences on her own behalf and on behalf of the members of the Milli Majlis to Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, families and relatives of the victims, as well as the friendly and brotherly people of Iran, Report informs.

Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi has died in a helicopter crash at age 63. The country's foreign minister and seven others were killed after the crash in a remote, mountainous area of Iran's northwest.