Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi has been laid to rest, concluding days of funeral attended by several millions of mourners after his “martyrdom-like passing” in a helicopter crash.

At least three million mourners marched in his home town Mashhad Thursday to bid farewell to President Raeisi, the mega city’s mayor said, following processions in the cities of Tabriz, Qom, Tehran and Birjand.

The 63-year-old president lost his life on Sunday alongside his foreign minister and six others after their helicopter went down in the country’s mountainous northwest while heading to inaugurate an upgraded oil refinery unit in Tabriz.

The incident engulfed Iran in shock and grief and generated a groundswell of support and solidarity from Muslims and non-Muslims alike.

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