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epa11360206 A handout picture made available by the Iranian supreme leader office shows, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei praying over the coffins of late president Ebrahim Raisi and the rest of the victims during a funeral ceremony in Tehran, Iran, 22 May 2024. Iranian president Raisi and seven others, among them foreign minister Amir-Abdollahian, were killed in a helicopter crash on 19 May 2024, after an official visit in Iran's northwest near the border with Azerbaijan, the Iranian government confirmed. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on 20 May announced a five-day public mourning following Raisi's death. EPA/HANDOUT HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES