Tehran people bid farewell to late Iran president

Tehran, Qodsna - Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei performed prayers over the bodies of late President Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage at the University of Tehran on Wednesday morning before a funeral procession in the capital city.

Numerous Iranian people, heads of government branches and military officials took part in the procession.

Heads of states as well as religious and resistance figures expressed condolences over the top Iranian officials’ demise.

More than 40 high-ranking foreign delegations will participate in Wednesday afternoon ceremony to commemorate the martyrdom of President Raeisi, their companions in Tehran.

Among the foreign participants, approximately 10 delegations will be at the level of heads of state, nearly 20 delegations at the level of ministers, and the rest at various levels such as parliament speakers, special envoys, and so on.

Head of the Hamas Political Bureau Ismail Haniyeh has lauded the efforts made by martyr President Ebrahim Raisi in line with solving the Gaza crisis.

The funeral in Qom took place on Tuesday afternoon as another funeral was held earlier in the day in the northwestern city of Tabriz.

Then, the bodies of President Raisi and his companions were transferred to Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport on Tuesday.

President Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, Tabriz Friday Prayer Leader Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem and Governor of East Azerbaijan Province Malek Rahmati were returning from a dam opening ceremony in Iran’s border with the Republic of Azerbaijan on Sunday when their helicopter crashed in mountainous areas in Varzaghan region. Two bodyguards, two pilots and a crew member were also killed in the incident.