May 25, 2024, 12:13 PM

Commemoration ceremony for Martyr Raeisi held in Tehran

Commemoration ceremony for Martyr Raeisi held in Tehran

TEHRAN, May 25 (MNA) – The commemoration ceremony for the martyred Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage was held in Tehran in the presence of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.

The commemoration ceremony for Iran's Martyr President Raeisi and his accompanying delegation in the helicopter crash was held at Imam Khomeini Husayniyya, Tehran, at 9:30 a.m.

Speaking to the late president's family on Wednesday, Ayatollah Khamenei considered the late president as the symbol of the motto of the Islamic Revolution.

He further described the people's love for the late President Raeisi as "a message to the world that would benefit the Islamic Republic."

The Leader of the Islamic Revolution described the loss of Mr. Raeisi as a great and irreparable loss for the country.

Late President Raeisi and Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian, along with two top officials of the Iranian province of East Azerbaijan, and four other people on board the helicopter were returning from a dam inauguration ceremony on Iran’s border with the Republic of Azerbaijan when the aircraft crashed into forests in Varzaqan region.

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