Tehran - Irna
Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi expressed condolences to his Saudi counterpart Saud al-Faysal over the death of the Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al-e Saud.
According to report by the ministry’s Information and Press Bureau, he sympathized with al-Faysal and wished forgiveness for the departed soul and patience for his family.
The heir to the Saudi throne, Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, died while undergoing treatment for illness in New York at the age of 85.
Sultan was the younger half-brother of Saudi Arabia\'s King Abdullah.