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Tens of thousands gather for Raisi's funeral in Tehran

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The Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is expected to lead prayers for Raisi and his companions. Tens of thousands of Iranians gathered in Tehran to pay their respects, with mourners in black attending funeral processions and ceremonies in Qom and Tehran. The United Nations Security Council observed a minute of silence on Monday.

    1. I say once again ... we are sure that the Islamic Republic of Iran will continue its support for the Palestinian people.
    1. In recent elections, turnout has been lower and lower. The turnout is one of the primary sources of political legitimacy for the political establishment here, and we can see that it is going down and many people are losing faith in elections.
    1. Who would have believed that one day in Japan there would be demonstrations in favour of Palestine, slogans in [the] Persian language 'Death to Israel'.
    2. Oh Allah, we didn't see anything but good from him.
    1. The streets are completely closed to the traffic, [with] heavy security measures here, several security checkpoints, and you can see thousands and thousands of people are already pouring into this area.