Iran’s allies and neighbours have sent condolences to Tehran following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi, with the leaders of China, Russia, Venezuela and Turkey among the first to respond.
Reaction in western capitals was more muted, underscoring the Islamic republic’s divisive position in global politics, but the US, France and the EU offered their condolences.
Iranian authorities had confirmed on Monday that Raisi and Iran’s foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian were killed in a helicopter crash on the previous day in a remote region in Iran’s Arasbaran Forest, near the border with Azerbaijan.
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