Iran holds memorial for late president Raisi after helicopter crash death • FRANCE 24 English

Iran holds memorial for late president Raisi after helicopter crash death • FRANCE 24 English

a sea of mourners filled the streets of the Iranian city of tab the Suber crowds came out to pay their respects to the country’s president and members of his Entourage including Iran’s foreign minister who died in Sunday’s helicopter crash a truck carrying the coffins drove past as crowds said their final goodbyes over in the Iranian Capital meanwhile MERS lined the streets with 5 days of national morning underway RI was a very popular president he cared for the people and worked for the people besides the Iranian people he also cared about the interests of the region earlier on Tuesday the Assembly of experts gathered inan the body is tsed with appointing the country’s next supreme leader an internal vote was due to take place to appoint a new chairman a post which was likely to go to the late Abraham REI we offer condolences over the martyr-like death of the dear friends we lost mainly the great and precious Islamic scholar his Excellency Mr Ibrahim RI our country’s popular president R’s body meanwhile will travel from tab to the Shi clerical Center of K before being taken to the capital processions are due to take place in tahan on Wednesday with Ayatollah aliam leading prayers later in the day the coffin will take one final flight to R’s hometown of mashad with the burial scheduled for Thursday

Tens of thousands of Iranians gathered Tuesday (May 21) to mourn president Ebrahim Raisi and seven members of his entourage who were killed in a helicopter crash on a fog-shrouded mountainside.
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