India declares state mourning on May 21 after Iran President death

The government of India declared a one-day state mourning on Tuesday as a mark of respect to Iranian President Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi and foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian who died in a helicopter crash.

During this period of mourning, the national flag will be flown at half-mast on all buildings where it



is customarily displayed. There will be no official entertainment throughout the day.

The 63-year-old Raisi and his entourage were heading to the northwestern city of Tabriz after returning from a visit to a locality on the Azerbaijan-Iran border on Sunday when their helicopter crashed in northwestern Iran.