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  • 18 OCTOBER 2024
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The funeral ceremonies of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi have begun

The funeral ceremonies of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday, began this morning in the city of Tabriz, in northwestern Iran.

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08:15 - 21/05/24 por Lusa

Mundo Irão

State television showed thousands of people gathered in the center of the capital of East Azerbaijan province, carrying portraits of the president, who died at 63, and the other victims of the crash.

Iranian rescue teams recovered the bodies of Ebrahim Raisi and the eight other people aboard a helicopter that crashed in northwestern Iran on Sunday, the Red Crescent aid organization said Monday morning.

The helicopter, which was also carrying Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, went down in the Kalibar and Varzaqan area of East Azerbaijan province, in the country’s northwest.

The Iranian government confirmed Raisi’s death, saying the disaster would not cause “any disruption to the administration” of the country.

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