Hamas and Hezbollah arrive in Iran for President Raisi funeral
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Published 2024-05-22
Mourners followed a funeral procession through the city in north-west Iran while waving Iranian flags and portraits of the late president.
Raisi and seven others were killed when a helicopter they were travelling in crashed in a mountainous area of Iran on Sunday.
Despite the huge crowds, not all Iranians supported the president and many celebrated his death on social media.
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All Comments (21)
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God works in mysterious ways
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Are they going to give the helicopter a send off ?
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Do not do to others, the things that you don't want them to do to you.
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The algorithm is deleting comments. FJB and crew are in appeasement mode.
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For a moment i thought that was a London park due to the amount of Islamists i could see.
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these pictures are like a vision of hell to me!
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“Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un” 🇺🇿🤝😔 Iran brothers and sisters stay strong 🤲
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Imagine a world without Islam
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I bet a fair few are trying not to laugh.
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I hope the tree is okay.
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Israil 🇮🇱💪💪💪💪💪💪
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There is no rest for the wicked
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Look at the audience. Mainly old men crying, few women. I feel sorry for the Iranian youth. It's always the same in every country, the elderly ruling and telling the youth what to do. The young dying on the battlefield because of old narcissistic dictators...
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May he rest in hell.
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Did they get there by helicopter?
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Funny how its all men in that crowd.
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The Generals look nervous and keep glancing up at the sky.
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All are govt employees. Russia does the same when they want big crowd to show the whole world that people loves him.
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If we all stayed in our own Countries, with people who shared our race and religion, we would all be more respectful of each other - Japan is a good example.
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If palestinians like Iran so much why they don't move there?
