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  • Iran’s late president Raisi to be buried in home city of Mashhad

    Iran’s late president Raisi to be buried in home city of Mashhad

    Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash at the weekend, is to be buried in his home city of Mashhad on Thursday.

    Raisi is to be laid to rest at the city’s shrine of Imam Reza, the eighth imam of Shia Islam.

    High-ranking representatives of friendly states are expected to attend, including Russian parliamentary leader Vyacheslav Volodin.

    Iran’s state railway company has organised special trains to take mourners from Tehran to the north-eastern city.

    There have been several ceremonies and public displays of mourning for Raisi, late foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and other victims of Sunday’s crash.

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    Millions of mourners flocked to a funeral procession in Tehran on Wednesday.

    Raisi and Amirabdollahian were killed in the crash with seven other occupants of the ill-fated helicopter.

    They went down in dense cloud in the mountains while travelling back from a meeting with Ilham Aliyev, the president of Azerbaijan.

    Iran’s religious leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ordered five days of national mourning, and a nationwide holiday was held on Wednesday.

    Raisi’s death has provoked mixed reactions in Iran.

    While supporters of the country’s Islamic regime have mourned the loss of an important political figure, critics have highlighted the heightened repression his administration oversaw. (dpa/NAN)

  • Officials from 68 countries attend Iran President’s funeral in Tehran

    Officials from 68 countries attend Iran President’s funeral in Tehran

    High-ranking officials from at least 68 countries attended a ceremony in Tehran on Wednesday to pay respect to Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi, and his companions killed in a helicopter crash this weekend, Anadolu Agency reports.

    The ceremony was held hours after hundreds of thousands of people took part in a funeral procession in the Iranian capital for Raisi and others killed in Sunday’s accident, including Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.

    Foreign dignitaries were received by acting President, Mohammad Mokhber, acting Foreign Minister, Ali Bagheri Kani, and other government officials.

    Those who attended the ceremony included Qatar’s Emir Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, Iraqi Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, Pakistani Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif and Azerbaijani Premier, Ali Asadov.

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    President of Tunisia Kais Saied, Syria’s President Bashar Al-Assad, Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon and the parliament speakers of Lebanon, Algeria, Kazakhstan, Ethiopia, Mali, Russia and Uzbekistan also attended and paid their tributes.

    Turkish Vice President, Cevdet Yilmaz, and Foreign Minister, Hakan Fidan, also took part in the ceremony.

    Attendees also included the foreign ministers of Lebanon, Egypt, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Venezuela and Jordan.

    Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyeh, also took part in the ceremony and held a meeting with Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on the sidelines of the funeral ceremony.

    Raisi, Amir-Abdollahian and others were killed after their helicopter crashed in north-western Iran on Sunday due to inclement weather conditions.

    Authorities have ordered an investigation into the cause of the crash.

    Raisi will be airlifted to the north-eastern city of Mashhad on Thursday morning and laid to rest in the shrine of Imam Reza, where he served as a custodian from 2016 to 2019.

    Amir-Abdollahian will be buried at the Shah Abdul Azim shrine in southern Tehran on Thursday morning, as per his family’s wish.

    Newsnow

  • FULL LIST: Prominent global leaders who died in plane/helicopter crashes

    FULL LIST: Prominent global leaders who died in plane/helicopter crashes

    Iranian State Media on Monday said President Ebrahim Raisi died after his helicopter crashed in a mountainous region of the country.

    Raisi was travelling with Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian who also died in the accident.

    These are 25 prominent global leaders who died in plane/helicopter crashes since 1940:

    1. José Félix Estigarribia (President of Paraguay) Died September 7, 1940 – Airplane accident.

    2. Ramon Magsaysay (President of the Philippines) Died March 17, 1957 – Airplane accident.

    3. Nereu Ramos (President of Brazil) Died June 16, 1958 – Airplane accident

    4. Abdul Salam Arif (President of Iraq) Died April 13, 1966 – Airplane accident

    5. Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco (President of Brazil) Died July 18, 1967 – Airplane accident

    6. René Barrientos (President of Bolivia) Died April 27, 1969 – Helicopter accident

    7. Ahmed Ould Bouceif (Leader of the Military Junta of Mauritania) Died January 27, 1979 – Airplane accident

    8. Jaime Roldós Aguilera (President of Ecuador) Died May 24, 1981 – Airplane accident

    9. Omar Torrijos (Military Leader of Panama) Died July 31, 1981  – Airplane accident

    10. Samora Machel (President of Mozambique) Died October 19, 1986 – Airplane accident (disputed)

    10. Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (President of Pakistan) Died August 17, 1988 – Airplane accident (disputed)

    11. Juvénal Habyarimana (President of Rwanda) Died April 6, 1994 – Airplane shootdown

    12. Cyprien Ntaryamira (President of Burundi)  April 6, 1994  – Airplane shootdown Dassau)

    13. Boris Trajkovski (President of North Macedonia) Died February 26, 2004 – Airplane accident

    14. Muhammadu Maccido (Sultan of Sokoto State) Died October  29, 2006 – Airplane accident

    15. Ryszard Kaczorowski (Last President of the Polish government-in-exile) Died April 10, 2010 – Airplane accident

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    16. Sebastián Piñera (former President of Chile) Died February 6, 2024 – Helicopter accident

    17. Arvid Lindman (former Prime Minister of Sweden) Died December 9, 1936 – Airplane accident

    18. Władysław Sikorski (Prime Minister of Poland (in exile)) Died July 4 , 1943 – Airplane accident (disputed).

    19. Barthélemy Boganda (Prime Minister of the Central African Republic) Died March 29, 1959 – Airplane accident (disputed)

    20. Joël Rakotomalala (Prime Minister of Madagascar) Died July 30, 1976 – Helicopter accident

    21. Džemal Bijedić (Prime Minister of Yugoslavia) Died January 18, 1977 – Airplane accident

    22. Francisco de Sá Carneiro (Prime Minister of Portugal) Died December 4, 1980 – Airplane accident (disputed)

    23. Rashid Karami (Prime Minister of Lebanon) Died June 1, 1987 – Helicopter bombing

    24. Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai (Prime minister of Afghan Northern Alliance) Died August 21, 1997 – Airplane accident

    25. Ebrahim Raisi (President of Iran) Died May 19, 2024 – Helicopter accident