Hawzah News Agency- Ayatollah Najmuddin Tabasi, professor of higher levels of Islamic seminary, expressed his condolences on the martyrdom of the Iranian President, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Representative of the Supreme Leader and Governor of East Azerbaijan Province who lost their lives during a helicopter crash on Sunday, May 19.

The text of the message is as follows:

In the name of God

To God we belong and to God we return

The tragic news of the martyrdom of Khadim al-Reza and follower of Ahl al-Bayt, the supporter of the deprived and oppressed, a pious, humble and committed scholar Hujjat al-Islam Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi and his accompanying delegation, especially the respected and beloved Friday Imam of Tabriz who was also a member of the Assembly of Leadership experts Hujjat al-Islam Ale Hashem and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hossein Amir Abdullahian, became a source of great sorrow and pain for me and the honorable people of Iran, Muslims and freedom seekers of the world.

I offer my condolences to the Imam Zaman (PBUH) and the Supreme Leader of the Revolution and the Shia sources of emulation, the holy seminaries and the noble people of Iran for this great calamity, and I ask God Almighty to grant him the highest degrees for those heavenly loved ones and ask for patience for the survivors and the bereaved families.

Najmuddin Tabasi

May 22, 2024