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DUBAI — President Ebrahim Raisi was buried in the Iran ian holy city of Mashhad on Thursday as many thousands of mourners packed its streets for his funeral, four days after he died in a helicopter crash, footage broadcast by Iran ian media showed.Raisi, 63, was widely seen as a candidate to succeed 85-year-old Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who wields ultimate power in Iran . Mohammad Mokhber, who had been first vice president, is serving as interim president until a June election.
Earlier, thousands had paid their respects as his coffin was driven in a motorcade through the eastern city of Birjand.Eight passengers and crew were killed when the helicopter crashed in mountainous terrain near the Azerbaijan border. They included Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian.
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