The funeral ceremony for the Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash, and the state officials accompanying him has kicked off, Paralel.Az reports citing IRNA agency.

According to the information, the funeral ceremony is being held in Tabriz.

Note that the helicopter carrying the President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi and a number of state officials crashed on May 19. As a result, all individuals in the helicopter, including the head of State Ebrahim Raisi and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran Hossein Amir-Abdollahian died.