Zarif offers condolences over Castro's demise
EghtesadOnline: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message extended condolences for the death of former president and leader of Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro who passed away today at 90.
'Castro was a prominent figure in fighting against colonialism and exploitation (of oppressed people). He was a symbol of independence seeking struggles of the oppressed', Zarif said in his message.
Castro was a Cuban politician and revolutionary who governed the Republic of Cuba as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and then as President from 1976 to 2008, IRNA reported.
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