New Delhi, March 5 India on Thursday expressed its condolences for the death of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri conveying India's message of sympathy to the Iranian ambassador in New Delhi.
Misri visited the Iranian embassy and signed the condolence book on behalf of the Government of India.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) also released a photograph of Foreign Secretary Misri's conversation with the Iranian envoy to India, Mohammad Fathali.
Khamenei was killed in an Israeli-US strike on February 28.
While India called for a resolution of the West Asia crisis through dialogue and diplomacy, it chose not to comment on Khamenei's death.
Misri's visit to the Iranian embassy and signing of the condolence book gained significance as several opposition parties had criticised the government for not reacting to Khamenei's death.
