UN Security Council observes minute of silence for Raisi

Members of the UN Security Council on May 20 observed a minute of silence in memory of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage who were killed in a helicopter crash, Report informs referring to AFP.

Mozambique Ambassador Pedro Comissario Afonso, who holds the rotating Council presidency in May, asked members to stand up and remain silent "in remembrance of the loss of life in a crash of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ebrahim Raisi" and his team, which took place on May 19.