TEHRAN - Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture (ICCIMA) has issued a message condoling the martyrdom of President Ebrahim Raisi.

President Raisi was returning from a ceremony to open a dam on Iran’s border with Azerbaijan when his helicopter crashed in Varzaqan, northwestern Iran, on Sunday.

Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and a number of senior provincial officials were also on board the helicopter who were all confirmed martyred.

In its message on Monday, the Iran Chamber of Commerce condoled with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and the whole Iranian people over the sad incident.

The message added that the president lost his life on the way of serving the nation.

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