Iranian officials and religious figures received the coffins of Iranian president, Ebrahim Raisi and companions in Tehran, during a ceremony on Tuesday (May 21). Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hardliner seen as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed when his helicopter crashed in poor weather in mountains near the Azerbaijan border, officials and state media said on Monday. Read the best of our journalism: Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: Find us on Facebook: Find us on Twitter: Find us on Instagram: #iran #tehran #funeral
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