Iran's supreme leader prayed over the coffins of Ebrahim Raisi and other officials killed in a helicopter crash.
. Hundreds of thousands of people later followed a procession honouring the dead down Tehran's main boulevard.
Many of the participants said they came to Tehran for the ceremony from other cities and towns across the Islamic Republic, an indication of how those in Iran's capital viewed Raisi, who won the presidency in a record-low turnout and later oversaw repeated crackdowns on dissent — including in the wake of the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini that sparked street protests over Iran's mandatory hijab, or headscarf.
The death of Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and six others in the crash on Sunday comes at a politically sensitive moment for Iran, both at home and abroad.Hundreds of thousands of mourners gathered in central Tehran for the funerals.
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