Larijani extends condolences on death of Cuban revolution leader

EghtesadOnline: Majlis (Iranian parliament) Speaker Ali Larijani in a message on Sunday extended condolences to his Cuban counterpart on the occasion of the death of that country's Revolution Leader Fidel Castro who passed away at the age of 90 on Saturday.

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28 November 2016

'With much regret I was informed of death of former Cuban President Fidel Castro; I hereby extend my condolences and sympathize with you, the Cuban parliament and government as well as his respected family,' Larijani said.

He said that Fidel Castro's name comes with long history of battles of the people from different people of the world, especially Latin America for achieving their freedom and being source of rescue for them, IRNA reported.

Castro was a Cuban politician and revolutionary leader who governed the Republic of Cuba as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and then as President.

The legendary leader of the Cuban revolution died at the age of 90.

“The commander in chief of the Cuban revolution died at 22:29 this evening,” President Raul Castro announced on national television on Saturday.

President Castro said that the revolutionary leader’s body will be cremated early on Saturday, “in compliance with his expressed will'.

Castro famously led a guerrilla campaign that gained popular support and ousted Cuban dictator General Fulgencio Batista on January 1, 1959.

He ruled Cuba for five decades, until 2006, when he temporarily ceded power to his brother Raul because he had to undergo surgery. The transfer of power became official in 2008.

During his revolutionary life, the United States’ spy agency, the CIA, attempted to assassinate him numerous times.

Castro himself said he survived 634 attempts or plots to assassinate him, mainly masterminded by the CIA or US-based exile organizations. Such attempts may have included poison pills, a toxic cigar, exploding mollusks, and a chemically tainted diving suit, among other things.