TEHRAN, May 22 (NNN-IRNA) – People in Tehran, yesterday, attended, in large numbers, a farewell ceremony, held for Iran’s late President, Ebrahim Raisi, late Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and others, after their bodies were transferred from the north-western city of Tabriz to the capital city.
The ceremony took place at Imam Khomeini’s Mosalla. Earlier in the day, similar ceremonies were held in the north-western city of Tabriz and the central province of Qom, where people bid their last farewells.
The funeral and commemoration ceremonies for Raisi and his entourage will be held today in Tehran.
The late president’s body will be laid to rest in the holy shrine of Imam Reza.
It was confirmed on Monday, the deaths of Raisi, Amir-Abdollahian, East Azarbaijan’s Governor, Malek Rahmati, senior Shia cleric, Mohammad-Ali Ale-Hasehem, and others, after their helicopter crashed in Varzaqan County in East Azarbaijan Province, on Sunday.– NNN-IRNA
