Farewell ceremony held in Tehran for late president Raisi

(22 May 2024)
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Tehran - 21 May 2024
1. Wide of mourners during farewell ceremony for Ebrahim Raisi, Iran's late president, Hossein Amirabdollahian, Iran's foreign minister, and six others killed in helicopter crash
2. Mourners holding pictures of Raisi
3. Raisi's casket being carried on to stage
4. Mid of casket
5. Wide of ceremony
6. Pan of caskets as women toss flower petals on them
7. Petals being tossed on caskets
8. Wide of mourners beating their chests
9. Close of mourner weeping
STORYLINE:
A farewell ceremony was held in Tehran late Tuesday for Iran's late president, foreign minister and others killed in a weekend helicopter crash.
President Ebrahim Raisi, his foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and six others were found dead on Monday, hours after their helicopter crashed on Sunday.
Iran has offered no cause for the crash nor suggested sabotage brought down the helicopter, which fell in mountainous terrain in a sudden, intense fog.
Mourners in black began gathering on Tuesday for days of funerals and processions, a government-led series of ceremonies aimed at both honoring the dead and projecting strength in an unsettled Middle East.
The crash comes as the Israel-Hamas war roils the region. Iran-backed Hamas led the attack that started the conflict, and Hezbollah, also supported by Tehran, has fired rockets at Israel.
Last month, Iran launched its own unprecedented drone-and-missile attack on Israel.
A funeral is scheduled to be held on Wednesday, presided over by Iran's supreme leader, the 85-year-old Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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