Finland condoles at deaths of Iranian President, FM

Finland on Monday expressed shock at the deaths of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and the members of their delegation in a tragic helicopter crash on Sunday.

President Alexander Stubb sent a letter of condolences to the leadership of Iran expressing his shock over the tragic incident, said the President Office in a post in social media platform X.

“President Alexander Stubb has sent a letter of condolences to the leadership of the Islamic Republic of Iran for the passing away of President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hussein Amir Abdollahian and the members of their delegation in the tragic helicopter crash on Sunday,” the President Office wrote in the post.

Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen also expressed condolence at the deaths of her Iranian counterpart and leadership of Iran.

“I express my condolences to the Foreign Ministry and leadership of Iran on these tragic news,” Valtonen wrote in a post in her social media platform X on Monday.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian died in a helicopter crash on Sunday.

Due to the bad weather, the helicopter carrying Raisi and other senior officials was forced into a hard landing in the northwestern province of East Azarbaijan.

The other members of Raisi's accompanying team, including East Azarbaijan's Governor Malek Rahmati, and the Friday prayers leader Tabriz Mohammad Ali Ale-Hasehem, as well as the flight crew also lost their lives.