Screengrab of video showing the Indian flag in Delhi flying at half mast on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.
Credit: ANI
A day after the demise of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi along with other high ranking officials in a chopper crash— India is observing a one-day national mourning.
Visuals of the Tricolour flying at half-mast in Rashtrapati Bhavan, Delhi were shared by news agency ANI on Tuesday morning.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hardliner seen as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain near the Azerbaijan border, officials and state media said on Monday.
The charred wreckage of the helicopter which crashed on Sunday carrying Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and six other passengers and crew was found early on Monday after an overnight search in blizzard conditions.