Hamas and Hezbollah leadership join mourners at Raisi funeral

Thousands of Iranians have gathered on the streets of Tabriz to mourn president Ebrahim Raisi after he was killed in a helicopter crash. Mourners followed a funeral procession through the city in north-west Iran while waving Iranian flags and portraits of the late president. Raisi and seven others were killed when a helicopter they were travelling in crashed in a mountainous area of Iran on Sunday. Despite the huge crowds, not all Iranians supported the president and many celebrated his death on social media. Read the best of our journalism: Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: Find us on Facebook: Find us on Twitter: Find us on Instagram: #iran #tehran
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