WATCH: Coffin of Iranian President Raisi arrives in Tabriz

People hold up posters of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi during a mourning ceremony for him at Vali-e-Asr square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, May 20, 2024. ©Vahid Salemi/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved

Hundreds of mourners took to the streets of Tabriz on Tuesday to pay their respects to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi who was killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday.

Among the dead were Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, the governor of Iran’s East Azerbaijan province, a senior cleric from Tabriz, a Revolutionary Guard official and three crew members, Iran's state media IRNA reported.

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