The president, Ebrahim Raisi, 63, was killed in a helicopter crash along with Iran’s foreign minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, 60, and five others traveling with them on Sunday. Ayatollah Khamenei declared five days of mourning, and funeral observances began on Tuesday with a procession in Tabriz, the closest big city to the crash site in northwestern Iran. The presence of leaders from Hamas and Hezbollah two key Iranian proxies in the Middle East alongside an array of non-Western officials offered a stark illustration of Tehran’s international standing at a turbulent moment for the country. Mr. Raisi had been considered a potential candidate to succeed the supreme leader, who is reportedly in declining health. Could this be an assassination ?

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