Vice President To Visit Tehran For Iranian President Funeral: Centre
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President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have conveyed their condolences on the demise of Raisi.
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar will fly to Iran on Wednesday to attend an official ceremony to pay condolences on the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in a helicopter crash, the Ministry of External Affairs said.
A one-day state mourning is being observed across India on Tuesday as a mark of respect for Mr Raisi.
"Vice-President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar will pay a visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran on May 22 to attend official ceremony to pay condolences on the tragic demise of President Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and other Iranian officials in an unfortunate helicopter crash on May 19," an MEA statement said on Tuesday.
