Iran to hold memorial ceremonies for Ebrahim Raisi Tuesday
Memorial ceremonies for President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian are planned in Iran for Tuesday.
Messrs Raisi and Amirabdollahian and seven senior Iranian officials died in a helicopter crash on Sunday.
Local media reported that a ceremony is being planned for the morning in the provincial capital of Tabriz, followed by one in the religious stronghold and pilgrimage city of Qom.
The date for the funerals of the two statesmen has not yet been announced.
Mr Raisi is to be buried in his hometown of Mashhad.
The helicopter crashed in dense fog in the mountains over East Azerbaijan Province while the deceased were travelling back from a meeting with the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev.
(dpa/NAN)
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