Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei presided over the funeral of late President Ibrahim Raisi in Tehran this Wednesday.at the event, which was attended by the country’s political and military headquarters, as well as regional allies such as political head of Hamas.

Khamenei prayed at the University of Tehran in front of Raisi’s tombs. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdolahian and six others were killed in a helicopter crash last Sunday in the country’s northwest.

The highest authority was surrounded by the Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Major General. Mohammad Bakeri; According to local TV channels, the head of the judiciary, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, and the president of parliament, Mohammad Baker Ghalibaf, and others.

After the prayer presided over by Khamenei procession of eight coffins from Tehran University to Azadi Square, in which thousands bid farewell to Raisi, the ultra-conservative president who came to power in 2021 in an election with the lowest turnout in the history of the Islamic Republic.

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The event was also attended by political leader of the Palestinian group Hamas Ismail Haniyeh, who came to “express condolences to anti-Israeli resistance groups” and the deputy secretary general of the Lebanese group Hezbollah, Sheikh Naim Qasem. Haniyeh is among the Hamas leaders for whom the Hamas prosecutor International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, calls for an international arrest warrant for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

“I come on behalf of the Palestinian people and on behalf of the resistance groups to express our condolences to the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Supreme Leader and the (Iranian) people,” Haniyeh said. amid crowd chants of “Death to Israel.”

The Hamas leader recalled a meeting with Raisi during last Ramadan, during which the late leader told him that Muslim countries had to “fulfill their obligations to the Palestinians to liberate their land”Iranian media reported this.

Haniyeh stated that Raisi assured him that Tehran will continue to support the Resistance until the liberation of Palestine.

Resistance axis It is an informal anti-Israel alliance led by Iran and formed by Hamas, Yemen’s Houthis and the Lebanese group Hezbollah.

Persecution of opponents and activists

During Raisi’s mandate, repression in the country intensified. against critics, activists and journalists, and especially against women for not wearing the veil, which sparked the biggest protests against the Islamic Republic in years and led to the deaths of 500 people.

This afternoon another funeral will take place in honor of the deceased with the participation of several international leaders and about 20 international delegations.

Among those present were the Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif, as well as a delegation of the Afghan Taliban led by Deputy Prime Minister of Economy of the interim government Baradar Akhund.

The Prime Minister of Iraq will also attend. Mohamed Shia al Sudaniwho is traveling to Tehran accompanied by several ministers and provincial governors of his country, reports the Iraqi agency INA.

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The cause of the helicopter crash The official IRNA news agency called it a “technical glitch.” they continue to be investigated.

Khamenei confirmed yesterday that the first vice president Mohamad Moiber was appointed interim president of the country before the presidential elections scheduled for June 28 next year.

(according to information from EFE And Aristegui News)