Senior Officials from Various Countries Attend Ceremony in Tehran to Pay Respect to Martyr Raisi

IQNA – A ceremony was held in Tehran Wednesday afternoon in which high-ranking officials from different countries and international organizations paid respect to Iran’s martyred president.

The Iran International Conference Center in Tehran hosted the event, which was attended by 10 heads of state and 20 ministers as well as parliament speakers and special representatives.

The high-ranking dignitaries who paid tribute to President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, as well as six others killed in a helicopter crash in northwestern Iran on Sunday.

The presidents of Tajikistan and Tunisia, Emir of Qatar, prime ministers of Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, the Republic of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia, head of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), as well as parliament speakers, foreign ministers and senior delegations from 68 countries took part in the ceremony.

President Raisi, Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian, and their accompanying delegation lost their lives after the helicopter carrying them crashed in the northwestern province of East Azarbaijan on May 19, 2024. Their bodies were found on Monday after an extensive night-long search operation.

Iran is observing five days of national mourning with funeral processions for the victims scheduled in multiple cities.

The remains of the late officials were transferred to the Mosalla on Tuesday afternoon following funeral processions in Tabriz and Qom earlier in the day.

A major funeral procession was held in Tehran on Wednesday morning with millions of people participating in it.

The burial procession of President Raisi is set to be held on Thursday at Imam Reza (AS) shrine in Mashhad, northeast Iran.

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