In Pictures: President Raisi Laid to Rest at Imam Reza (AS) Shrine as Millions Gather for His Funeral

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has been laid to rest, concluding days of funeral attended by several millions of mourners after his “martyrdom-like passing” in a helicopter crash.

At least three million mourners marched in his home town Mashhad Thursday to bid farewell to President Raisi, the mega city’s mayor said, following processions in the cities of Tabriz, Qom, Tehran and Birjand.

Later at dusk, the president’s body was lowered into a tomb at the Imam Reza (AS) Shrine, where Shia Islam’s eighth imam is buried and millions of pilgrims visit each year.

The 63-year-old president lost his life on Sunday alongside his foreign minister and six others after their helicopter went down in the country’s mountainous northwest while heading to inaugurate an upgraded oil refinery unit in Tabriz.