A high-level delegation led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs M.U.M. Ali Sabry will be attending the state funeral of late President Dr. Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Dr. Amir Abdollahian of the Islamic Republic of Iran, scheduled to be held tomorrow, 22 May 2024.
Minister Ali Sabry is scheduled to hand over the condolence message from President Ranil Wickremesinghe addressed to the Supreme Leader of Iran. Reflecting the close and cordial bilateral relations, the late President and the Foreign Minister visited Sri Lanka last month.
Member of Parliament M.F.M. Asmi and Additional Secretary/Multilateral Affairs and Middle East of the Foreign Ministry U.L.M. Jauhar will accompany the Foreign Minister on the visit to Tehran.
Following the death of Iran’s President Raisi, thousands of Iranians gathered to mourn in the city of Tabriz today, near the border of Azerbaijan.
According to Reuters, the body of President Raisi was flown from Tabriz to Tehran airport before heading to the holy Shi’ite Muslim city of Qom. Upon arriving in the city of Qom, the body of the President will return to the capital to lie at Tehran’s Grand Mosalla Mosque before being transferred to his hometown of Mashhad, in eastern Iran, for burial on Thursday.
The Iranian government has announced five days of mourning following the death of Iran’s President, Ebrahim Raisi. The five-day mourning was declared by Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
President Raisi died in a helicopter crash in a mountainous area. In the crash, Iran’s Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, also lost his life. Iran’s President and Foreign Minister were killed on Sunday while travelling in a helicopter.
Following the death of Iran’s President Raisi, thousands of Iranians gathered to mourn in the city of Tabriz today, near the border of Azerbaijan.
According to Reuters, the body of President Raisi was flown from Tabriz to Tehran airport before heading to the holy Shi’ite Muslim city of Qom. Upon arriving in the city of Qom, the body of the President will return to the capital to lie at Tehran’s Grand Mosalla Mosque before being transferred to his hometown of Mashhad, in eastern Iran, for burial on Thursday.
According to Iranian media, the military chief has appointed a commission to investigate the cause of the helicopter crash. The committee reportedly consists of military and technical experts to investigate the cause of the deadly crash. The committee’s members will visit the crash site for further investigation and collect evidence.
Iran has been struggling due to sanctions imposed by the US, and experts believe the death of the Iranian President could lead to political uncertainty in the country.
Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un expressed their condolences. However, the White House stated that the Iranian leader is responsible for supporting terrorist activities in the region and stated, “There is a lot of blood on his hands.”
National Security spokesman of the White House, John Kirby, said that the Iranian leader is responsible for “atrocious human rights violations in his own country.” “The arrests and the physical violence against hundreds of protesters, for instance,” Mr. Kirby said.
