TEHRAN, May 25 (MNA) – Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro attended a commeoration ceremony in Caracas Saturday for late Iranian president who was martyred in a copter crash in East Azarbaijan last Sunday.

The Venezuelan president to the residence of the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Caracas on Thursday night together with his wife and a number of his deputies to attend prayers for the late Iranian president.

During the visit, Maduro expressed their condolences and sympathy to the nation and government of Iran over the tragic helicopter crash.

He signed a book of condolence for late President Raeisi.

MNA