Iran’s president will be laid to rest in his hometown on Thursday, capping days of funeral observances after his death in a helicopter crash left the country without one of its highest-profile leaders.
The deceased president, Ebrahim Raisi, will be buried at the Imam Reza shrine in the northeastern city of Mashhad, one of the holiest sites of Shiite Islam.
Before that, his body was flown from Tehran, the capital, to the eastern city of Birjand for a funeral procession.
Ayatollah Khamenei led funeral prayers on Wednesday for Mr. Raisi and the other victims of the crash before the coffins were driven through the packed streets of Tehran in a large-scale procession.
Several had private sit-downs with the supreme leader, who that night visited Mr. Raisi’s family at their home, according to the state news media.
Persons:
Ebrahim Raisi, Reza, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Raisi, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, Ayatollah Khamenei, —, Raisi’s
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Locations:
Mashhad, Islam, Tehran, Birjand, Iranian, Jolfa, Iran