President Hassan Rouhani's message is as follows:

In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful

Your Excellency Mr Julius Maada Bio

President of Sierra Leone

I offer my sincere congratulations on your election as the President of Sierra Leone.

I hope that with your election, relations between the two countries in various political, economic and cultural fields further develop.

I pray to the Almighty for your Excellency’s health and success, and the people of the Republic of Sierra Leone's prosperity and felicity.

Hassan Rouhani

President of the Islamic Republic of Iran