US EditionIran holds funeral procession for late president Raisi after crash death
- Thousands of mourners gather at Tabriz for Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's funeral after a fatal helicopter crash, impacting succession plans. Funeral to be held across various cities with final burial in Mashhad.
- Raisi and Foreign Minister Amirabdollahian died in a helicopter crash near Azerbaijan border, leaving leadership gaps in Iran amidst economic challenges and regional tensions. Plans for succession under scrutiny.
- Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declares five days of mourning for Raisi and Amirabdollahian, focusing attention on the future leadership path in the country.
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Vice FM visits Iranian Embassy in Seoul to express condolences over death of Iranian president
First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Hong-kyun visited the Iranian Embassy in Seoul on Thursday to extend condolences over the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi who was killed in a helicopter crash earlier this week, a Seoul official said.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on Monday, is to be buried Thursday night in his hometown of Mashhad, after two days of funeral ceremonies that drew hundreds of thousands of supporters of the Islamic Republic, AFP reported.
Al-Monitor
Thousands bid farewell to Iran's Raisi ahead of burial
Thousands marched in Iran on Thursday on the final day of funeral rites for president Ebrahim Raisi, who will be laid to rest in his hometown days after dying in a helicopter crash.Raisi, 63, died on Sunday alongside his foreign minister and six others when their helicopter crashed in the country's mountainous northwest while returning from a dam inauguration.Thousands of people, holding placards of Raisi and waving flags, marched in the eastern…
A barrier formed by buses blocked the passage of Enqelab Avenue —or Revolution— at the height of the University of Tehran. A crowd gathered until it was impossible to move. Some were looking, with difficulty, for alternate streets to get them out of the turmoil and take them to other points on the boulevard where the coffins of President Ibrahim Raisi and his seven companions who died in the fateful plane crash last Sunday would parade. Continue…
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