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May 22, 2024

Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei Speaks at Funeral for Ebrahim Raisi
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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei led prayers earlier today
at a massive funeral ceremony in Tehran for Iranian President Ebrahim
Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash Sunday that also killed Iran's
foreign minister and other officials. Raisi will be buried Thursday in
his hometown of Mashhad.


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