Mourners pay tribute to Raisi outside Baghdad's Iranian embassy

(20 May 2024)
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Baghdad, Iraq - 20 May 2024
1. Various of people in front of Iranian embassy, lighting candles by a portrait of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and others killed in crash
2. Close of candles
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammad Kazem Al-Sadegh, Iran’s Ambassador to Iraq:
“We thank the Iraqi people, the Iraqi government, the great religious authorities, the tribes, the Popular Mobilization Forces, the Iraqi resistance, the security forces, and all sectors of the Iraqi people for the condolences, concern, and messages. We ask God to grant everyone patience, solace, and success for this country’s government and people and thank you."
4. Exterior of Iranian embassy
5. Iranian flag
6. Various of mourners gathered in front of Iranian embassy


STORYLINE:
Candles were lit outside the Iranian embassy in Baghdad on Monday, as Iraqis expressed their sorrow over the death of Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi.

Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash along with the country's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and other officials.

Iran's ambassador to Iraq, Mohammad Kazem Al-Sadegh, thanked the Iraqi government and "all sectors of the Iraqi people" for their condolences.

The deaths are likely to reverberate across the Middle East, where Iran’s influence runs wide and deep, due to Iran's decades long support of armed groups and militants in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Yemen and the Palestinian territories.

Raisi was a hard-line protege of the country’s supreme leader who helped oversee the mass executions of thousands in 1988 and later led the country as it enriched uranium near weapons-grade levels, launched a major attack on Israel and experienced mass protests.

AP video shot by Ali Jabar, production by Ahmed Sami


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