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Condolence Letter on the Passing of President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Dr Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi

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Iran

21 May 2024

President Tharman Shanmugaratnam has written to the Acting President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Moukhber Dezfouli to convey his condolences on the passing of Iran PresidentDr Seyyed Eb...

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President Tharman Shanmugaratnam has written to the Acting President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Moukhber Dezfouli to convey his condolences on the passing of Iran President Dr Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi. The text of the letter is appended.

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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

SINGAPORE

21 MAY 2024

21 May 2024

His Excellency Mohammad Moukhber Dezfouli

Acting President

Islamic Republic of Iran

Your Excellency,

          On behalf of the people of Singapore, I extend my deepest condolences to the people of Iran on the tragic demise of President Dr Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash. My heartfelt sympathies go out to President Raisi’s family, as well as to the loved ones of all the other victims.

Yours sincerely,

THARMAN SHANMUGARATNAM

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