Editorial photo #11258523 Social Issue
Iran-Mourning Ceremony For The Late Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi
A veiled Iranian woman is participating in a mourning ceremony for the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who has died in a helicopter crash in northeastern Iran, in downtown Tehran, Iran, on May 20, 2024. The incident involving the helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi is happening on Sunday, May 19, in Dizmar forest between the cities of Varzaqan and Jolfa in East Azarbaijan province as the president is returning from an event to inaugurate a dam with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev. Local residents are telling IRNA's reporter that they are hearing ''sounds'' in the region a while ago. MORTEZA NIKOUBAZL/NurPhoto (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto)