India, May 21 -- Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar will represent India at an official ceremony in Iran on May 22 to pay condolences to President Ebrahim Raisi, foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and other officials killed in a helicopter crash.

The Iranian leaders died when their helicopter crashed in East Azerbaijan province in thick fog on Sunday, while they were returning from the inauguration of a dam on the border with Azerbaijan. Iran's state-run media attributed the crash to a technical failure.

The external affairs ministry said Dhankar will visit Iran on Wednesday 2024 to attend an official ceremony to pay condolences on the tragic death of Raisi, Amir-Abdollahian and the other Iranian officials in the helicopter crash on ...