Watch: Tricolour flies at half-mast as India observes state mourning for death of Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi

Visuals shared by news agency ANI showed flags flying at half-mast at the Rashtrapati Bhavan and the Parliament House.

VIDEO | The National flag at all public buildings are flying half-mast as a mark of respect for Iran President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir- Abdollahian, who were killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday.

(Full video available on PTI Videos – Amir-Abdollahian) pic.twitter.com/ko4iJpFmi2

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) May 21, 2024

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among the first global leaders to take to social media X, to offer his condolences to the family of Ebrahim Raisi and affirm his support for Iran.

#WATCH | Delhi: National flag fly at half-mast as one-day national mourning is being observed in the country following the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister and other high-ranking officials in a helicopter crash. pic.twitter.com/HnA9SfiCz7

— ANI (@ANI) May 21, 2024

Iranian authorities confirmed on Monday, the death of Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in a chopper crash in the mountains to the northwest of the country, close to its borders with Armenia and Azerbaijan.

The charred wreckage of the helicopter was found following an overnight search in blizzard conditions.

Soon after the confirmations, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appointed First Vice-President Mohammad Mokhber as interim president in accordance with the Iranian constitution.

Khamanei’s move is being considered as an assurance to the distressed Iranian nation, and also a signal to the world, that Iran has the ability to absorb shocks and resolutely carry on the business of government.