Residents dressed in black walked sombrely through the streets on Tuesday morning for the funeral procession of Raisi and seven members of his entourage who died on Sunday.
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Brutish Raisi, known by some as “The Butcher”, was on Monday found dead in the charred wreckage of a US-made Bell 212 helicopter.
Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian was among seven others – including General Malek Rahmati, the governor of the Iranian province of East Azerbaijan – uncovered following an hours-long search in blizzard conditions.
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