President Ebrahim Raisi was buried in the Iranian holy city of Mashhad on Thursday as many thousands of mourners packed its streets for his funeral, four days after he died in a helicopter crash, footage broadcast by Iranian media showed.
Raisi, 63, was widely seen as a candidate to succeed 85-year-old Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who wields ultimate power in Iran. Mohammad Mokhber, who had been first vice president, is serving as interim president until a June election.

The burial ceremony was attended by Iranian government and military officials, as well as religious personalities.

Flowers were thrown at his coffin as it moved slowly aboard a truck through throngs of mourners to be buried at the gold-domed Imam Reza shrine, Iran's holiest Islamic site and revered as the resting place of the 9th century Imam Ali al-Reza. Raisi hailed from Mashhad, 900 km (560 miles) east of Tehran

Earlier, thousands had paid their respects as his coffin was driven in a motorcade through the eastern city of Birjand.


Eight passengers and crew were killed when the helicopter crashed in mountainous terrain near the Azerbaijan border. They included Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian.
Iran proclaimed five days of mourning for Raisi, who enacted the hardline policies of his mentor Khamenei aimed at entrenching Shi'ite clerical power, cracking down on public dissent and adopting a tough line on foreign policy issues such as talks with Washington to revive Iran's 2015 nuclear pact.

The presidential election has been scheduled for June 28.

A ceremony was held to commemorate Amirabdollahian at the foreign ministry in Tehran, where acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani described him as a martyr who had "guaranteed the revolutionary nature of the foreign ministry".
Amirabdollahian was buried south of Tehran in the city of Rey's Shah Abdolazim shrine, a mausoleum where notable Iranian politicians and artists are interred.

Jeremiah 31:35-36
Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The Lord of hosts is his name:

If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the Lord, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.

God1000:
Rest in peace Mr president, I don't know why some people are celebrating his tragic death

MonsterVerse:
Any president that died.. There would be certain people that would celebrate it.. In same country..

FACT..

God1000:
Yeah, but many of the people celebrating his death are staunch supporters of Israel

MonsterVerse:
yeah that one dey...

but you can't pleased everyone at same time.. Especially as a president..

God1000:
Rest in peace Mr president, I really don't know why some people are celebrating his tragic death, we're all gonna die someday

Righteousness2:


There is no big deal death. But when you harden your Heart against GOD. You will destroyrd

God1000:
Who are you to judge him

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Over three million Iranians🇮🇷 attended his funeral. Man was loved by his people

Righteousness2:


The likes of Pharoah, Haman , Herod , Hitler etc were also loved by their people .

God1000:
Rest in peace Mr president, I really don't know why some people are celebrating his tragic death, we're all gonna die someday

Righteousness2:


When you rebel or go against GOD. ALMIGHTY, you dont need to be Judged. You Have Judged yourself.

God1000:

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https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/irans-president-raisi-be-buried-mashhad-2024-05-23/

Yankee101:
A lot came out to rejoice inwardly while pretending to cry outwardly

When even your own people are killed by your actions like flies


When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
Proverbs 29:2