THOUSANDS of Iranian mourners have gathered to honour the late President Ebrahim Raisi after he was killed in a helicopter crash.
Dressed in black, the Iranian residents walked sombrely through the streets on Tuesday morning for the funeral procession of Raisi.
GettyPeople attend a funeral ceremony for Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his senior officials on Tuesday[/caption]
Brutish Raisi, known by some as “The Butcher”, was on Monday found dead in the charred wreckage of a US-made Bell 212 helicopter.
Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian was among seven others – including General Malek Rahmati, the governor of the Iranian province of East Azerbaijan – uncovered following an hours-long search in blizzard conditions.
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