Cuban embassy in Tehran opens memorial book for Fidel Castro

Tehran, Nov 27, IRNA – Cuban embassy in Iran will open a memorial book on Monday to commemorate the demise of late Cuban Leader Fidel Castro. The Iranian top officials and the people interested in the Cuban leader are expected to visit the Cuban embassy to commemorate the demise of Castro. The Cuban embassy in a press statement declared that the memoria book will be open from Nov 28 till Dec 14. A delegation from Iran will attend the commemoration service of late Cuban revolutionary leader in Cuba. Cuba state television quoted Cuban President Raul Castro as saying that Fidel Castro had passed away on Friday at 07:00 p.m. local time after years of illness. Castro was a Cuban politician and revolutionary who governed the Republic of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 as prime minister and from 1976 to 2008 as president. He had ceded power to his younger brother, Raul, because of worsening health condition. 1378/IRNA