Vucic extends condolences to Iran over Raisi's death

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic extended his condolences to the people and the government of Iran on Monday following the tragic death of the country's President Ebrahim Raisi.

"I extend my condolences to the people and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran on the passing of President Ebrahim Raisi, a loyal and true friend of Serbia," Vucic wrote in a post on the social media network X.

Raisi, Iranian FM Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and six other people were killed in a helicopter crash in northwestern Iran on Sunday.