Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday arrived here on a daylong visit to condole the death of President Ebrahim Raisi and other senior Iranian leaders in a helicopter crash.

On his arrival at the Tehran International Airport, the prime minister was received by Iranian Minister for Roads and Urban Development Mehrdad Bazrpash.

During the visit, he will call on the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Imam Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution and meet Acting President of Iran Dr. Mohammad Mokhber, to convey condolences on behalf of the people and Government of Pakistan.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, Interior Minister Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi, Information and Broadcasting Minister Attaullah Tarar and Special Assistant to PM Tariq Fatemi are accompanying the prime minister.

The visit comes after Raisi, along with other senior officials, died after their helicopter crashed in poor weather in the mountains in East Azerbaijan province.

They were returning after attending an inauguration ceremony of a dam on Iran’s border with the Republic of Azerbaijan when the chopper crashed while flying through a mountainous terrain amid heavy fog on Sunday afternoon.

The charred wreckage of the helicopter carrying Raisi, Amirabdollahian and six other passengers and crew was found early on Monday after an overnight search in blizzard conditions.

Following the incident, Khamenei announced a five-day mourning period while naming Mokhber as interim president and directing him to ensure the election of a new president within 50 days, as per the country’s constitution.

A day earlier, Iran launched an investigation into the helicopter crash with Iranian Armed Forces Chief of Staff Major General Mohammad Bagheri constituting an investigation committee. The report of the incident’s probe would be made public.

Meanwhile, the Iranian authorities held the funeral procession for President Raisi on Tuesday.