Thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets for the funeral of President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash last weekend.
The procession has brought the northern city of Tabriz to a standstill as mourners gather in vast crowds to pay their respects.
Raisi was killed alongside his foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian after their helicopter came down among mountains near Iran’s border with Azerbaijan on Sunday afternoon.
The president’s death was met with celebrations by some Iranians who remembered him for his role in…
