In the city of Tabriz, Iran, where the fatal helicopter that crashed and killed the President of Iran, Ebrahim Raishi and 8 other people was headed, the funeral of him and the other victims has begun with hundreds of thousands of Iranians mourning.
A truck carries the coffins with the bodies of Ebrahim Raisi as well as his foreign minister and other officials.
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The truck is decorated with white flowers and those in its path try to touch it.
All major international news networks broadcast live the ceremony taking place in the city of Tabriz.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has announced that First Vice President Mohammad Mohbar is acting as interim president and has 50 days to hold presidential elections. “Based on Article 131 of the Constitution, Mohbar undertakes to lead the executive branch” and should, in consultation with the heads of the legislative and judicial branches, organize “elections for a new president within 50 days at the most,” Ayatollah Ali noted. Khamenei.
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