Thousands gather for Iranian president’s funeral

Flag-draped coffins of the President Ebrahim Raisi and his companions who were killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday, are carried during their funeral ceremony in the city of Mashhad, Iran, May 23, 2024. Mourners surround a truck carrying the flag-draped coffins of the President Ebrahim Raisi, and his companions who were killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday, during their funeral ceremony in the city of Mashhad, Iran, May 23, 2024.

Thousands of mourners filled the streets of Mashhad, Iran on Thursday for the funeral of President Ebrahim Raisi and his burial at the gold-domed Imam Reza shrine, Iran's holiest Islamic site.