Hawzah News Agency- Following the martyrdom of Iranian President Hujjat al-Islam Raisi and his companions, General Asim Munir, the commander of the Pakistani army, said in a telephone conversation with the commander of the Iranian army, "The late Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi and the foreign minister of Iran were true friends of Pakistan."

General Asim Munir expressed his condolences over the martyrdom of the President of Iran, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and other Iranian officials in the helicopter crash on May 19.

He said the president and Foreign Minister of Iran were true friends of Pakistan. All the ranks of the Pakistani army pray to God for the martyrs.

On May 19, a helicopter carrying the Iranian president crashed in Iran's Eastern Azerbaijan Province. Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, East Azerbaijan Province Governor Malek Rahmati, and Tabriz Imam Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem were also on board the helicopter. Iranian Red Crescent Society head Pir Hossein Koulivand said that all passengers and crew of the helicopter were killed in the crash. A commission has been created to investigate the causes of the disaster. First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber became the acting President of Iran. Early presidential elections are scheduled for June 28.