Staff reporter : Bangladesh will observe state mourning over the death of Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi and others in the helicopter crash. The government has announced state mourning on May 23.

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The Cabinet Division issued a notification in this regard on Tuesday.

The national flag will be hoisted at half-mast at all government, semi-government, and autonomous institutions, educational institutions, all government and private buildings, and Bangladesh missions abroad.

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Additionally, special prayers will be held in all mosques across Bangladesh for the peace of the departed souls.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister were killed in a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain and icy weather, an Iranian official said on Monday, after search teams located the wreckage in East Azerbaijan province.

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