Tehran starts mass funeral for President Raisi, companions

Tehran — The funeral procession for the Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his accompanying delegation has kicked off in the capital city.

Iranians from all over the country have travelled to Tehran to take part in the funeral procession of the late president and his entourage.

Hundreds of thousands of people have flooded the streets of the capital city to bid farewell to the bodies of Martyr Raisi and the other officials who passed away in the May 19 helicopter crash in northwestern Iran.

Ayatollah Khamenei performed the prayers in a ceremony at the University of Tehran on Wednesday morning before a funeral procession in the capital city.

Over 40 high-ranking foreign delegations will participate in Wednesday afternoon ceremony to commemorate the martyrdom of President Raisi, and their companions in Tehran.

The funeral in Qom took place on Tuesday afternoon as another funeral was held earlier in the day in the northwestern city of Tabriz.

Then, the bodies of President Raisi and his companions were transferred to Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport on Tuesday.

Source IRNA