Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar reached Iran on Wednesday, May 22, to attend the funeral of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday, May 19.

Taking to X, the official account of Vice President of India wrote, “Hon’ble Vice-President, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar was received by Iranian authorities on his arrival in Tehran today.”

“VP Dhankhar will attend the official ceremony to pay condolences on the demise of President Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister H. Amir-Abdollahian, of Iran.”