Iran's Raisi to be laid to rest in hometown

By Agence France-Presse

May 23, 2024 11:38 am

TEHRAN: Iran's president Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a helicopter crash, will be buried Thursday in his hometown after two days of funeral processions attended by thousands of mourners.

Raisi, 63, died on Sunday alongside his foreign minister and six others when their helicopter crashed in the country's mountainous northwest while returning from a dam inauguration.

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