TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani on Monday expressed his condolences to Indonesia over a fatal tsunami that has so far claimed more than 280 lives, Tasnim reported.

In a letter to his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo, Rouhani said the saddening news of tsunami in Sunda Strait, which claimed the lives of hundreds of Indonesian citizens and injured hundreds more, caused great grief and deep sorrow.

“I hereby offer the sincerest condolences of the people and government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Your Excellency and the Indonesian government and nation, and I pray for the dead and wish patience for their bereaved families,” he added.

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