<Li> On 21 January 2017 Iran's flag was flown at half - mast worldwide to respect the victims of the Plasco Building collapse; </Li> <Li> On 10 January 2017 Iran's flag was flown at half - mast worldwide to respect the death of the national figure and late Chairman of the Expediency Discernment Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani who died on 8 January 2017 </Li> <P> The flag of Ireland is flown at half - mast on the death of a national or international figure, that is, former and current Presidents or Taoiseach, on all prominent government buildings equipped with a flag pole . The death of a prominent local figure can also be marked locally by the flag being flown at half - mast . When the national flag is flown at half - mast, no other flag should be half - masted . When a balcony in Berkeley, California, collapsed, killing six Irish people, flags were flown at half mast above all state buildings . </P> <P> The flag of Israel is flown at half - mast in Israel: </P>

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