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Huge crowds of Iranians thronged the streets of Tehran today for the funeral march of president Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage, who died in a helicopter crash.In the capital city centre, mourners clutching portraits of Raisi gathered in and around the University of Tehran, where Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah ...

TEHRAN, IranHigh-ranking officials from at least 68 countries attended a ceremony in Tehran on Wednesday to pay respect to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his companions killed in a helicopter crash this weekend.The ceremony was held hours after hundreds of thousands of people took part in a funeral procession ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran's supreme leader prayed Wednesday over the coffins of the country's late president, foreign minister and other officials who were killed in a helicopter crash earlier this week. Later, hundreds of thousands of people followed a procession honoring the dead down Tehran's main boulevard.Iran’s ...

TEHRAN — Iran’s supreme leader has presided over a funeral for the country’s late president, foreign minister and others killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday.Ayatollah Ali Khamenei led prayers at Tehran University, where caskets carrying the dead were draped in Iranian flags.President Ebrahim Raisi died alongside Foreign Minister ...

Srinagar, Apr16: Amidst tears and somber farewells, thousands gathered to bid adieu to six individuals who tragically lost their lives in a boat capsizing incident in the Gandabal area of central Kashmir’s Srinagar on Tuesday morning.The joint funeral prayers were offered for five victims, including a woman, her two ...

ISLAMABAD —  Thousands of mourners attended a funeral Saturday for a Pakistani Sunni Muslim cleric gunned down on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad, police and a spokesperson for the cleric's organization said. The funeral of Masoodur Rehman Usmani was held a day after unidentified gunmen shot and killed ...

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ISLAMABAD — Thousands have attended funeral prayers for Pakistan's divisive former president General Pervez Musharraf.The ex-military ruler, who was president from 2001-2008, died in Dubai on Sunday after a long illness, and his body was repatriated to Pakistan.The prayers took place at a military compound in Karachi, but senior ...

Karachi: Pakistan's former military ruler General Pervez Musharraf was on Tuesday laid to rest with full military honours in an army graveyard here in the presence of his relatives and several retired and serving military officers. The 79-year-old former president's funeral prayers were held at the Gulmohar Polo Ground ...

Funeral prayers took place at a military compound in Karachi, but were not attended by army leaders. Source link