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Thousands of Iranians paid tribute today in Tehran and other cities in Iran to President Ebrahim Raisi, who died on Sunday in a helicopter crash in a mountainous area in the northwest of the country, along with eight other people.
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Thousands of people, most of them dressed in black, gathered in Valiasr Square in the center of the capital, where black flags were raised and posters with Raisi's portrait were placed, in an act called by the Government to pay tribute to the ultraconservative Head of State.
As is usual in all government events in Iran, those present chanted slogans against Israel and the United States.
"Death to Israel! Death to the United States!", could be heard among the crowd.
"This type of tragic event will not prevent the country from fighting against imperialism and the usurping regime of Israel, a course that President Raisi was following", said with tears in his eyes Ali Reza, a 63-year-old taxi driver, quoted by the Spanish news agency EFE.
With Raisi's death, his first vice-president, Mohammad Mokhber, has provisionally taken over his functions, after the approval of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as stipulated in the Constitution of the Islamic Republic.
Mokhber, also from the radical wing of the Iranian Government, together with the heads of the legislative and judicial branches, is part of a council whose mission is to organize and hold elections within a maximum period of 50 days, to elect the country's new President.
Despite these sudden changes, Raisi's supporters, a figure close to Iran's supreme leader, are confident that his death will not disrupt the country's functioning.
"This tragedy has shaken society, but, as the supreme leader said on Sunday, we will not let his death cause the slightest problem in the management of the country and in the implementation of the policies of Islamic Iran", said Mohammad, an accountant in a public company, a few meters from Valiasr Square.
In other parts of Iran, such as Raisi's hometown, Mashad (northeast), Hamedan (west), Qazvin (north) and Tabriz (northwest), among others, similar gatherings were held to pay tribute to Raisi, also a former leader of the country's judiciary.
Raisi, 63, died on Sunday in a helicopter crash, which crashed into a mountain peak in the Varzaghan area, in northwestern Iran.
Also on board the aircraft were Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdolahian, the governor of the Iranian region of East Azerbaijan, Malek Rahmati, and the leader of the Friday prayers in the city of Tabriz, Mohammad-Ali Ale-Hashem, as well as two pilots, a flight attendant, the head of presidential security and a guard. All died in the accident.
The ultraconservative Head of State came to power in 2021, after winning the presidential elections with the highest level of abstention in the history of the Islamic Republic.
His Government has since intensified the repression against activists, women and critics of the regime.
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