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  • 08 Sep, 2024

Ayatollah Khamenei leads prayers as millions of mourners gather for Raeisi's funeral

Ayatollah Khamenei leads prayers as millions of mourners gather for Raeisi's funeral

Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, has conducted prayers over the remains of President Ebrahim Raeisi and his companions in Tehran, where millions have gathered to participate in the funeral procession.

The martyrs died in a tragic helicopter crash in the northwestern province of East Azerbaijan.

The coffins of eight victims of the Tehran University plane crash were received by the general public on Wednesday morning before Ayatollah Khamenei led prayers over the bodies. World leaders, presidents, ambassadors and international celebrities were in attendance, as well as prominent figures from the Axis of Resistance, including Ismail Haniyeh, political director of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, and Sheikh Naim Qasem, deputy secretary-general of the Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah. . . The movement also attended the ceremony.

The multi-million dollar procession started from Tehran University to the famous Azadi Square. The Iranians attended the ceremony at Imam Homeinini Mosala de Tehran, as part of the rituals that were taking the last few hours of mourning on Tuesday, and respected the purpose of President Resus and his relevant purpose. Did.

The Iranian city and the sacred city QOM in the northwest of Tablis were on Tuesday morning and evening. The leader on Monday said it was with great sadness that he received the sad news of the martyrdom of the popular, competent and hardworking President and his associates.

Ayatollah Khamenei noted that the tragic incident occurred when Raisi and his team were trying to serve the Iranian people. In the short term of the presidential position, and before that, Ayatra Hameei was fully responsible for this noble and faithful person, who was completely spent on continuous efforts to serve the country and Islam. I emphasized.

"The dear Reisa did not know the fatigue," said the leader, adding the Iranian state that this tragic incident lost sincere and valuable services. At a ceremony in Tabliz, Iran's Interior Minister Ahmad Vardi said that Iran lamented the lovely humble president's loss.

Vahydy added that the Iranian state was sad due to the death of the Dynasty Minister, who had left an aggressive diplomacy at an important moment of resistance.

He also praised the constructive efforts of the late governor of East Azarbaijan province and the province\'s Friday prayers leader.

“We had a bad landing in this matter, but we will have a brilliant rise,” Vahidi stressed. "On behalf of the strong nation of Palestine and the Palestinian resistance, we come from the Gaza Strip to express our condolences to the Islamic Republic of Iran," Haniyeh said in a speech before Wednesday's march.

"During the holy month of Ramadan and during his visit to Tehran, we met with the martyred president, who emphasized the Islamic Republic of Iran's strong stance in support of the Palestinian state."

Haniyeh quoted Raisi as saying that the Palestinian issue is "the first issue of the Muslim ummah" and that the Islamic ummah must take responsibility for the liberation of the Palestinian people. The Hamas leader said the resistance movement was confident that the Islamic Republic would continue to support the Palestinian nation from the Leader of the Islamic Revolution and his officials.

On Sunday, a helicopter carrying Raisi and his entourage crashed while en route to Tabriz, the capital of Iran's East Azerbaijan province, from a location on the border with the Republic of Azerbaijan where the president Iranian government inaugurated a major dam project. Foreign Minister Josein Amyl Amyl Aborahian and two senior officials, crew and bodyguards died after the accident.