Iran’s vice president and chairman of the funeral organization committee, Mohber, said that the farewell ceremony and funeral of President Raisi, who was killed in the helicopter accident, will be held in Mashhad on May 23.

On May 19, a helicopter in which Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian, and other officials were travelling crashed in the Warzagan region of northwestern Iran. On the morning of 20 May, Iranian Vice President Mansoori confirmed the death of the President and members of his delegation on their way back from a visit to Azerbaijan. On 21 May, a farewell ceremony will be held in Tabriz, after which the president’s body will be sent to his hometown of Mashhad.