"Our condolences go to the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the families of those killed in the crash," Scholz said in a message addressed to Iran's the acting head of the executive authority, Mohammad Mokhber, AFP reported.
President Raeisi and his foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and seven others were martyred when their helicopter went down in fog in remote area of northwestern Iran on Sunday.
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