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2024.05.21 08:44 GMT+8

Live updates: Iran declares five days of mourning for Raisi

Updated 2024.05.21 08:44 GMT+8
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- Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has announced five days of mourning following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash.

- Iranian Vice President for Executive Affairs Mohsen Mansouri said the body of Raisi will be buried on Thursday in the northeastern city of Mashhad.

- Leaders of Middle Eastern countries offered their condolences to Iran over the deaths of Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and seven others in the helicopter crash.

- Iran's government announced that the country would hold a presidential election on June 28 following the death of Raisi.

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