Iranian late president Raisi buried at holiest Shiite site after dying in helicopter crash
The days of services for Raisi have not drawn the same crowds in the nation of over 80 million people as the 2020 gatherings for Revolutionary Guard General Qassem Soleimani, who was slain by a US drone strike in Baghdad.
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00:00Iran on Thursday buried its late president at the holiest site for Shiite Muslims in
00:05the Islamic Republic.
00:07It was a final sign of respect for a prodigy of Iran's supreme leader, who was killed
00:12in a helicopter crash on Sunday.
00:16President Ebrahim Raisi's burial cut days of processionals through much of Iran after
00:20the crash that killed him, the country's foreign minister and six others.
00:26Thousands of people stood in the streets of Mashhad to see Raisi's coffin dropped in Iran's
00:31flag.
00:36Prosecutors have warned people against showing any public signs of celebrating Raisi's death
00:41and a heavy security force presence has been seen in Tehran since the crash.