In a message of condolences on the demise of the scholar, Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini Kashani, the President wrote, "Certainly, the valuable cultural and scientific services of the deceased will always be lasting".
The text of Dr Hassan Rouhani's message is as follows:
We belong to Allah and indeed to Him we shall return (Holy Quran)
The demise of the scholar, Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini Kashani, caused great grief and sorrow.
Certainly, the valuable cultural and scientific services of the deceased will always be lasting.
I offer my condolences to the seminaries, his students and his honourable family, especially the Minister of Intelligence Hojjatoleslam val-Moslemin Mr Seyyed Mahmoud Alavi, and pray for the deceased.
Hassan Rouhani
President of the Islamic Republic of Iran