Funeral held in Tehran for Iran's late foreign minister Amirabdollahian

(23 May 2024)
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Tehran, Iran - 23 May 2024
1. Mid of casket of Hossein Amirabdollahian, Iran's late foreign minister being carried during a funeral at Iran's foreign ministry in Tehran
2. Wide of mourners and casket
3. Close of woman weeping
4. Mid of mourners weeping
5. Mid of casket with picture of Amirabdollahian
6. Wide of funeral
7. Casket being carried by soldiers
8. Wide of pictures of Amirabdollahian and Ebrahim Raisi, Iran's late president, drapped on building
9. Wide of funeral
10. Pan left Iran's former foreign ministers and diplomats
11. Wide of crowd
12. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Ali Bagheri Kani, Iran's acting foreign minister:
"The pure blood of the king of diplomacy and revered Basiji (volunteer fighter for the ruling system) Mr. (Hossein) Amirabdollahian guaranteed the foreign ministry will remain revolutionary."
13. Casket being carried by mourners
14. Wide of funeral
15. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Nasser Kanaani, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman:
"The participation by high-ranking delegations by various countries from various parts of the world in the funeral ceremony of our late president and Dr. Amirabdollahian and messages of condolence and sympathy sent to the supreme leader and the Iranian government and nation shows Iran's prominent place in the international system."
16. Various of mourners holding pictures of Amirabdollahian and Ebrahim Raisi
17. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Nasser Kanaani, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman:
"Despite the loss of Dr. Amirabdollahian we assure the nation that there will be no interruption in Iran's fast movement in foreign policy and international relations. The Islamic Republic of Iran is mighty and powerful."
18. Mourners carrying the casket and approaching ambulance
19. Mid of mourners and casket
STORYLINE:
Former diplomats and colleagues on Thursday bid farewell to Iran's late foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian who was killed in a helicopter crash.

The crash also killed Iran's president Ebrahim Raisi and six others in northwestern Iran on Sunday.

Little information has emerged about the cause of the crash of the ageing Bell helicopter that went down in a foggy, mountainous region. The country’s security forces were expected to investigate in the coming days.

Former Foreign Ministers Mohammed Javad Zarif and Ali Akbar Salehi and other dignitaries paid respects to Amirabdollahian at Iran’s Foreign Ministry, where his casket was put on display.

"Mr. (Hossein) Amirabdollahian guaranteed the foreign ministry will remain revolutionary," Ali Bagheri Kani, Iran's acting foreign minister, told the crowd of mouners.

His body later was interred in Shahr-e Rey just outside of Tehran at the Abdol Azim shrine, another final resting place for those famed in Persian history.

“Give Soleimani our greetings,” a religious singer said as Amirabdollahian’s body was put into its final resting place, referring to the slain general.


Nasser Kanaani, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman, told reporters that "there will be no interruption" in Iran's foreign policy and international relations.




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