Reuters. The coffin carrying the body of late Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi arrived in Mashhad on Thursday (May 23) together with two other victims of the helicopter crash, ahead of a burial ceremony.
Earlier in the day, thousands gathered in the Iranian city of Birjand to follow a funeral procession for Raisi.
Thursday’s ceremonies follow a funeral preyer led by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran attended by 40 foreign dignitaries including officials from Iraq, Pakistan, Qatar, Turkey, Egypt, Tunisia, Kuwait, Russia, China, Armenia and Azerbaijan, according to State media.
Raisi and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, and six other passengers and crew were killed in a helicopter crash in Iran on Sunday (May 19).
