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Funeral procession for Iran president starts

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Iranians gather at Valiasr Square in central Tehran to mourn the death of President Ebrahim Raisi. [Atta Kenare, AFP]

Thousands of Iranians walked sombrely through the streets on Tuesday for the funeral procession of President Ebrahim Raisi and seven members of his entourage who were killed in a helicopter crash.

Waving Iranian flags and portraits of the late president, the mourners set off from a central square in the northwestern city of Tabriz, where Raisi was headed when his helicopter crashed on Sunday.

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