Foreign dignitaries attend funeral ceremony for Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi

Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi died after the helicopter he was travelling in crashed in a mountainous region of northern Iran in foggy weather conditions. The aircraft went down in between Jolfa and Varzaqan, a region on the border of Azerbaijani exclave Nakhchivan, around 600 kilometres (375 miles) northwest of the Iranian capital Tehran. Watch more on Independent TV: Click here to subscribe to The Independent: About The Independent: Making Change Happen. The Independent is the world’s most free-thinking newsbrand, providing global news, commentary and analysis for the independently-minded. Connect with The Independent: Check out our full video catalog: Videos, daily editorial and more: Click here to get the best of The Independent daily: Like The Independent o