TEHRAN, Jul 26- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif extended condolences to his Tunisian counterpart Khemaies Jhinaoui following death of President Beji Caid Essebsi.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Zarif in his message stressed that the Islamic Republic of Iran would stand by Tunisian government and nation.
Essebsi, the country’s first freely and democratically elected president, died Thursday aged 92.
The 92-year-old Essebsi died in hospital, where he had been admitted into intensive care with a severe illness.