Iranian news agency IRNA reported that a funeral ceremony began in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan Province, on Tuesday (May 21, 2024). The crowd welcomed the body of Raisi and a number of officials, including Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and accompanied their vehicles from the Syuhada Field to the local mosque.
Raisi and seven officials of Iran died in a helicopter accident in the mountainous area of Varzaqan, northwest Iran, on Sunday (19/5/2024), after inaugurating a dam together with Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev in the border area between Iran and Azerbaijan. According to the plan, the Iranian presidential convoy of…