In a profoundly sombre ceremony, the late President of Iran, Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi, was laid to relaxation in his dwelling metropolis of Mashhad, 4 days after passing away in a tragic helicopter crash.
His physique was interred on the mausoleum of Imam Reza, the revered eighth Shia Imam within the northeastern Iranian metropolis of Mashhad.
His funeral procession attracted thousands and thousands, with throngs of mourners flooding the streets to pay their closing respects.
Concurrently, the United Nations Basic Meeting in New York noticed a minute of silence in honour of Raisi, acknowledging his important function on the worldwide stage.
Earlier, the physique of Iran’s Overseas Minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, who additionally perished within the crash, was laid to relaxation on the Shah Abdul Azim shrine in Rey, a southern suburb of Tehran.
On Wednesday, Tehran hosted a commemorative occasion attended by dozens of leaders and dignitaries from all over the world.
The meeting underscored the profound influence of Raisi’s management.
The ill-fated helicopter was carrying President Raisi, Overseas Minister Amirabdollahian, the governor of East Azerbaijan province Malek Rahmati, Tabriz’s Friday prayer chief Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Al-e Hashem, the top of the presidential safety group, and the helicopter’s three crew members.
The group was coming back from the inauguration of a dam on the border with Azerbaijan Republic when the tragedy occurred.