TEHRAN, YJC. Following the decease of Hugo Chavez, Iran’s President has written a letter of condolences to the government and people of Venezuela.
In the letter, addressed to the Acting President of
Venezuela, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has expressed grief over the loss of a "great
soul” from the land of "crusaders for equality and liberalism”.
Ahmadinejad has said in the letter that the name of Hugo
Chavez is familiar to all nations, reminding of purity, kindness, courage, and
love for people.
"Hugo Chavez is the symbol for and successor of all the
brave and revolutionaries in the proud, but grief-laden history of Latin
America,” the President’s letter reads.
Ahmadinejad has also expressed confidence in the return of
Chavez accompanying Jesus Christ and all the chaste of history to aid the world
in the establishment of peace and justice.