Thousands Gather At Iran Mosques & Squares To Mourn President Ebrahim Raisi

Iranians gathered at Valiasr Square in central Tehran on Monday to mourn President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday. (Photo: Getty)

Women mourn Iranian president Raisi in Tehran. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, announced a five-day public mourning period on Monday. (Photo: Getty)

Iranians attend a mourning ceremony organised at Musalla Mosque, Tabriz, for President Ebrahim Raisi and others killed in the helicopter crash. Raisi had been scheduled to inaugurate a project at the Tabriz oil refinery and was on his way there when the crash occurred. (Photo: Getty)

Mourners hold Raisi’s photos at Valiasr Square. (Photo: Getty)

A Shiite mourner reads religious text at Imam Ali shrine in the central Iraqi holy city of Najaf. (Photo: Getty)

Iranian mourners packed the Musalla Mosque in Tabriz on Monday. (Photo: Getty)

Kashmir residents hold pictures of Raisi during a vigil held in his memory on Monday night in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir. (Photo: Getty)

According to the head of the Iranian Red Crescent, it took rescuers an hour to reach the helicopter wreckage even after they spotted it, because of fog and harsh weather conditions. (Photo: Getty)

Rescue teams near the crash site in Iran’s mountainous northwestern region. (Photo: Getty)

Rescue teams recover the bodies from the crash site. (Photo: Getty)

Multiple rescue teams were pressed into service after the crash but fog, snow, rain and the local terrain were impeded the search operation. (Photo: Getty)