President Hassan Rouhani’s message of condolences is as follows:

In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful

We are all from Allah and to Him we shall return

The tragic bus crash in Science and Research Branch of the Islamic Azad University which left a number of dear students of our country dead and injured caused great grief and sorrow for the noble people of the Islamic Iran.

I hereby pray to the Almighty for those children of the nation and valuable assets of the country’s future who lost their lives in this tragic accident and wish their bereaved families patience and rewards and the injured swift recovery.

It is essential that the related authorities look into the causes of this accident closely, carry out all necessary measures and solutions for stopping such accidents from happening again, and adopt the necessary medical measures for swifter recovery of the injured.

Hassan Rouhani

President of the Islamic Republic of Iran