Reuters. In keeping with tradition, the 193-member U.N. General Assembly met Thursday (May 30) to pay tribute to late Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi.
Present members of the UNGA stood for a moment of silence.
Raisi, a hardliner who had been seen as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed when his helicopter came down in poor weather in mountains near the Azerbaijan border on May 19.
The United States, for its part, boycotted the tribute because it said he was "involved in numerous, horrific human rights abuses" and that the world body should instead stand with the people of Iran.
A presidential election to replace Raisi has been scheduled for June 28.
