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Mourners in black began gathering Tuesday for days of funerals and processions for Iran's late president, foreign minister and others killed in a helicopter crash.

Tens of thousands of Iranians gathered on Tuesday to mourn president Ebrahim Raisi and seven members of his entourage who were killed in a helicopter crash on a fog-shrouded mountainside in the northwest.

The Iranian government-led series of ceremonies is aimed at both honouring the dead and projecting strength.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday, will be laid to rest in the northeastern city Mashhad on Thursday.

Ebrahim Raisi will be laid to rest in the Imam Reza shrine in his home town of Mashhad

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- The deaths of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the countrys foreign minister, who were found Monday hours after their helicopter crashed in fog, have left the Islamic Republic without two key leaders as extraordinary tensions grip the wider Middle East.

Services for Raisi will be held between Tuesday and Thursday in Tabriz, Qom, Birjand and Iranian capital Tehran, before his burial in Mashhad.

Mourners dressed in black began assembling on Tuesday for the funerals and processions honoring Iran's late president, foreign minister, and other officials who perished in a helicopter crash. These government-led ceremonies aim to both honor the deceased and project strength amidst an unsettled Middle East. Mass demonstrations have been significant for Iran's Shiite theocracy since

The Iranian government-led series of ceremonies is aimed at both honouring the dead and projecting strength.

Raisi's body will be flown to his home city of Mashhad where he will be buried on Thursday