Iran's President Raisi's funeral on Thursday

Iran's President Raisi's funeral on Thursday

Tehran, 21 May (HS): The last rites on Iran?s President Ebrahim Raisi will be performed at Mashhad on Thursday. Raisi died on Sunday in a helicopter crash. The agencies working for the burial of the martyrs started preparations for the last rites.

The first rituals will be performed from Shohada Square in the Tabriz City of East Azerbaijan at 9.30 am on Tuesday. This will be followed by rituals from Hazrat Masumeh shrine to Jamkaran Masjid in Qom City. Last prayers will be held at 7.30 am on Wednesday in Tehran. A programme in honour of the martyrs will be held in the afternoon in the presence of guests. The last rites will be performed from 8 am on Thursday and the burial in Mashhad in the afternoon.

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