Mourning ceremony for the late Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi

An Iranian man is holding a portrait of the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi who has died in a helicopter crash in northeastern Iran, during a ceremony in downtown Tehran, Iran May 20, 2024. The incident for helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi happened on Sunday May-19th in Dizmar forest between the cities of Varzaqan and Jolfa in East Azarbaijan province as the president was returning from an event to inaugurate a dam with Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev. Local residents told IRNA's reporter that they heard "sounds" in the region a while ago.