‘Friends Of India’: Jaishankar Visits Iranian Embassy, Offers Condolences for Ebrahim Raisi, Abdollahian

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S Jaishankar visited the Iranian embassy and extended India’s condolences following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday visited the Iranian embassy in Delhi and conveyed India’s deepest condolences on the death of President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in a helicopter crash over the weekend.

Visited the Embassy of Iran in Delhi today to convey our deepest condolences on the tragic passing away of President Ebrahim Raisi and my colleague, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. They will always be remembered as friends of India who contributed immensely to the… pic.twitter.com/twLg2OXoFq
— Dr. S. Jaishankar (Modi Ka Parivar) (@DrSJaishankar) May 21, 2024

A one-day state mourning is being observed across India on Tuesday as a mark of respect for Raisi.

“Visited the Embassy of Iran in Delhi today to convey our deepest condolences on the tragic passing away of President Ebrahim Raisi and my colleague, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian,” Jaishankar said on X.

“They will always be remembered as friends of India who contributed immensely to the growth of the India-Iran relationship,” he said.

The external affairs minister further added: “Government of India stands in solidarity with the people of Iran at this very difficult time.”

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

The external affairs minister on Monday also thanked Iran’s president and foreign minister for the Chabahar Port agreement and said the agreement will be beneficial for India.

“We’ve been trying for almost 20 years now to have an agreement with Iran. We could have a short-term agreement because there were a lot of problems on their side,” Jaishankar said of the Chabahar Port agreement.

“But in recent months, thanks to the two people who unfortunately died yesterday in the helicopter crash, the president of Iran and the foreign minister of Iran and because of their interest and initiative, we were able to finalise a long-term agreement. This is very important because it is one of the big things in the world connectivity corridor,” Jaishankar further added while addressing an event at the Delhi Tamil Education Association school in New Delhi.

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