Analysis of the situation and monitoring of developments in the Middle East after the death of the President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi, who was on board a helicopter that crashed in recent hours on the border with Azerbaijan. These are the two issues on the table at the meeting held this morning in the Council of Ministers in the presence of President Giorgia Meloni and the intelligence leaders.

"The news struck me even more" because "I had spoken with the Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian "a few weeks ago, we are sorry". "We express our condolences to Iran" for the death of President Ebrahim Raisi and the head of Tehran's diplomacy", declared the Italian Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajani, vice-president of the Council of Ministers.

"Death is always a deplorable thing and we send our condolences and thoughts to the family and the country". "Since yesterday we have been following minute by minute what is happening in Iran''. "Early this morning I had a conversation with our ambassador in Tehran". "We hope that Iran's new leadership can work for the stability of the area , for peace and also for dialogue", he concluded. 

On the same topic, see also the article published by AVIONEWS.