Sober messages or open affliction: the world reacts Monday to the death in a helicopter accident of Iranian President Ebrahim Raïssi and his Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian with other officials of the Islamic Republic, a heavyweight in the Middle East -East.
– HIM
The UN Security Council observed a minute of silence on Monday in memory of MM. Raïssi and Amir-Abdollahian.
He “extends his condolences and sympathy to their families and to the people of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” said Mozambique’s Ambassador Pedro Comissario Afonso, its current president, before all representatives rose, including Deputy US Ambassador Robert Wood.
– UNITED STATES
The United States presented its “condolences” in a statement from the State Department. “We reaffirm our support for the Iranian people and their struggle for human rights and fundamental freedoms,” he added.
– OCI
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (57 countries), Hissein Brahim Taha, “expresses his sincere condolences and sympathy to the Iranian government and people.”
– Gulf Cooperation Council
Jassem Al-Budaiwi, Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council which brings together six Arab monarchies neighboring Iran including Saudi Arabia, reaffirms “the solidarity of the GCC with the Iranian government and people in these difficult circumstances”.
The leaders of the GCC members United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Bahrain each offered their “deepest condolences” to the people and government of Iran.
– I’ll take it
“Our condolences to the Iranian people,” responded the spokesperson for the Atlantic Alliance, Farah Dakhlallah.
– European Union
European Council President Charles Michel presents the EU’s “sincere condolences”.
– Iranian opposition in exile
For Maryam Rajavi, the president of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI, an opposition group in exile and political showcase of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran), it is a “monumental and irreparable strategic blow to the supreme guide of the mullahs, Ali Khamenei, and to the entire regime, known for its executions and massacres.
– Hamas
The Palestinian Islamist movement welcomes Ebrahim Raïssi as “support for the Palestinian resistance”, particularly since the start of the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip with Israel.
– Hezbollah
Hezbollah in Lebanon calls Mr. Raïssi a “protector of resistance movements” against Israel in the region. “The martyred president was a big brother for us, a solid support.”
– Houthis
Yemen’s Houthi rebels, supported by Iran, deplore “a loss not only for Iran but also for the entire Islamic world, for Palestine and for Gaza.”
– Chine
President Xi Jinping considers that this “tragic death is a great loss for the Iranian people” and that the Chinese people have “lost a good friend” who “made efforts to consolidate and develop the strategic partnership between China and Iran”.
– Russia
Vladimir Putin, whose country has significantly strengthened its ties with Iran over the past two years, called his Iranian counterpart a “remarkable politician” and a “true friend” of Moscow.
The Russian head of state also had a telephone conversation on Monday with interim President Mohammad Mokhber, just after his appointment, saluting on this occasion the memory of a “reliable partner who made an invaluable personal contribution to the development of relations friendly relations between Russia and Iran.
– Türkiye
“I pray for God’s mercy for my dear colleague and brother” Ebrahim Raïssi, declared President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
– Syria
“Syria stands in solidarity with the Islamic Republic of Iran,” said President Bashar al-Assad, supported by Tehran since the start of the civil war in his country thirteen years ago. “We worked with the late president to ensure that the strategic relations between Syria and Iran remained prosperous.” Syria, like Lebanon, proclaimed an official three-day mourning period.
– Irak
Prime Minister Mohamed Chia al-Soudani expressed his “great sadness” and his “sorrow”.
– Afghanistan
“Afghanistan and all Afghans are deeply saddened,” said Prime Minister Mohammad Hassan Akhund.
Iran is one of the few countries to have maintained diplomatic representation in Kabul after the Taliban returned to power in August 2021.
– Jordan
“We stand in solidarity with our brothers in Iran in these difficult circumstances,” assured King Abdullah II.
– Egypt
“Egypt mourns, with great sadness and deep pain, the president and highest diplomatic official of Iran,” according to the presidency.
– France
“France presents its condolences to the Islamic Republic of Iran after the death of President Ebrahim Raïssi,” according to its Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
– Italy
The head of government Giorgia Meloni expressed “Italy’s solidarity with the Iranian government and the Iranian people”, hoping that “the future Iranian leadership will want to commit to the stabilization and pacification of the region”.
– United Kingdom
“The United Kingdom’s priority is to work with international partners to continue to work to maintain and promote regional stability,” simply noted a spokesperson for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
– Inde
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was “deeply saddened and shocked”.
– Pakistan
Pakistan declares a day of mourning “in solidarity with Iran”, a “brother” country, according to Prime Minister Shebbaz Sharif.
– Malaysia
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is “deeply saddened”.
– South Africa
“It is an extraordinary, unimaginable tragedy in which the remarkable leader of a country with which South Africa maintains strong bilateral relations has perished,” responded President Cyril Ramaphosa.
African nation
The AU said it was “deeply shocked and saddened” in a statement.
– Venezuela
“We are deeply saddened to have to say goodbye to an exemplary person, an extraordinary leader of the world as our brother Ebrahim is and always will be, an excellent human being, a defender of the sovereignty of his people and an unconditional friend of our country,” President Nicolas Maduro said.
– Brazil
President Lula expressed his “sadness”.
