President Hassan Rouhani in a message to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin expressed sympathies over crash of a Russian jetliner which claimed the lives of all passengers on Saturday

President Hassan Rouhani in a message to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin expressed sympathies over crash of a Russian jetliner which claimed the lives of all passengers on Saturday.

He condoled with the Russian government and nation and specially the bereaved family of victims, and prayed for the prosperity of the Russian nation.

The airliner's crash in central Sinai, Egypt killed all 224 people on board, few minutes after the Airbus A-321 left the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, bound for the Russian city of St Petersburg.