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Huge crowds in Iran capital for president's funeral

In the city centre, mourners clutching portraits of Raisi gathered in and around the University of Tehran, where Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, led the prayers.

A member of a honour guards weeps while carrying the coffin of Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi during a funeral procession in Qom, on May 21, 2024. AFP photos
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

Huge crowds of Iranians thronged the streets of the capital Tehran on Wednesday for the funeral procession of president Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage, who died in a

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President Ebrahim Raisi
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