September 2015

President condoles deaths of pilgrims in Mina stampede/President: We will pursue the rights and interests of the Iranian people

President Hassan Rouhani expressed grief over the deaths of Hajj pilgrims in a stampede in Mina, saying: “After landing in New York, I immediately made a telephone call to my First Vice-President and ordered the cabinet to convene and form a special committee to probe into different aspects of the traumatic event”.