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With deep regret, our people have learned of the death of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, His Excellency Dr. Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi. For this reason, the President of the Republic of Cuba decreed an Official Mourning, from 6:00 a.m. on May 21 to 12:00 p.m. on May 22, 2024. During his term as President of that country since 2021, he contributed decisively to the development and strengthening of relations of friendship and cooperation between both nations. The Cuban people and Government accompany Iran in this moment of pain and express their confidence that the Islamic Revolution will continue and will know how to recover from this unfortunate event.

According to U.S. official media reports, on 15 May 2024, the country’s State Secretary submitted to the Congress one more of the arbitrary reports that normally describe countries without any international mandate or recorgnition. This time, he listed four countries who allegedly “do not fully cooperate with the United States antiterrorist efforts for the 2023 calendar year.” As opposed to what has happened in recent years, the list does not slanderously include Cuba among such countries. Nonetheless, the State Department keeps Cuba as one of the States in a list of those allegedly “sponsoring” terrorism.