Iran buries late president at holy Shiite site after fatal helicopter crash

Mourners lowered Mr Raisi’s remains into a tomb at the Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad, where Shiite Islam’s eighth imam is buried and millions of pilgrims visit each year.

The flag-draped coffins of the late president Ebrahim Raisi and his companions who were killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday are carried during their funeral ceremony in the city of Mashhad, Iran (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Thu, 23 May, 2024 - 17:32

Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

Iran interred late president Ebrahim Raisi at the holiest Shiite shrine in the nation on Thursday, days after a fatal helicopter crash killed him along with the country’s foreign minister and six others.

Mourners lowered Mr Raisi’s remains into a tomb at the Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad, where Shiite Islam’s eighth imam is buried and millions of pilgrims visit each year.