Funeral processions begin for Iran's late President Ebrahim Raisi in Tabriz

A funeral ceremony is underway for Iran's late President Ebrahim Raisi in the northern city of Tabriz.
He was killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday, along with the foreign minister and seven others.

Tens of thousands of people have gathered to pay their respects.
It’s the second of five days of national mourning announced by Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei.
Raisi's body will be laid to rest in his home town of Mashhad on Thursday.

Al Jazeera’s Resul Serdar has the latest from the capital Tehran.


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The semi-official news agency reports that the Iranian president, foreign minister and other occupants of the helicopter, including East Azerbaijan Province Governor Malek Rahmati, have been “martyred” (killed).


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