A senior Iranian official has offered condolences to the family of a former Iranian ambassador to Lebanon who had been missing since the September 24 crush in Saudi Arabia until recently, when his body was identified.
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Iran’s deputy foreign minister for Arab and African affairs, met with the family of late Ghazanfar Roknabadi on Wednesday and expressed sympathy with them on behalf of Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
Roknabadi had been missing for almost two months. His body was identified following DNA tests, media reported on Wednesday, adding that evidence shows he lost his life in Mina. The news brought closure to his family and to Iranian people in general, who had repeatedly been exposed to speculations that the former Iranian envoy to Lebanon may be injured but alive or that he may be in captivity.
