Iranian news outlet Tasnim, which is affiliated to the country’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, is reporting that President Ebrahim Raisi’s funeral will be held tomorrow (Tuesday) in Tabriz – the city he was travelling to yesterday.
Raisi died in a helicopter crash. The state media also confirmed that
Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian died in the Sunday’s crash, along with several others.
The helicopter – one of three travelling in a convoy – crashed in heavy fog in the north of the country
Raisi was heading to the city of Tabriz, in the north-west of Iran, after returning from a dam opening ceremony on the Azerbaijan border
The outlet says funerals for all of the other figures who died will also be held, citing officials in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province.
The bodies will be taken to a forensics department in Tabriz beforehand.
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has also issued an official statement announcing five days of public mourning for President Raisi.
The president was a hardline cleric close to Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
An election for a new president is due to take place in the next 50 days.
