Funeral procession for Iran president starts
Asia
By
AFP
| May 21, 2024
Thousands of Iranians walked sombrely through the streets on Tuesday for the funeral procession of President Ebrahim Raisi and seven members of his entourage who were killed in a helicopter crash.
Waving Iranian flags and portraits of the late president, the mourners set off from a central square in the northwestern city of Tabriz, where Raisi was headed when his helicopter crashed on Sunday.
They walked behind a lorry carrying the coffins of Raisi and his seven aides.
The helicopter lost communication while it was on its way back to Tabriz after Raisi attended a joint inauguration of a dam with his Azeri counterpart, ="https://www.france24.com/en/tag/ilham-aliyev/" target="_self" class="gtm-add-suggested-tag">Ilham Aliyev<, on their common border.
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