Mubaje mourns Raisi as Iran kicks-off 4-day funeral processions
The Mufti of Uganda, Sheikh Shaban Ramathan Mubaje has sent a message of condolence to the Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Hussein Khamenei, following the tragic death of the country’s President, Ebrahim Raisi in a copter crash on May 19.
Mubaje visited the Iranian embassy in Kampala to commiserate with the ambassador, Majid Saffar. Reminiscing Raisi’s recent state visit to Uganda including his interactions with top clerics under the Inter-Religious Council of Uganda (IRCU), Mubaje praised the fallen Iranian leader for his commitment to fostering positive causes.
The helicopter carrying Raisi and his entourage crashed around afternoon on Sunday as it was on its way to Tabriz, the capital of Iran’s East Azerbaijan province, from a location on the border with the Republic of Azerbaijan where the Iranian president had opened a major dam project.
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei announced five days of mourning with a funeral procession in Tabriz, Tehran, Qom and finally in Mashhad where he will be buried on Thursday.
The procession began on Tuesday in Tabriz where hundreds of thousands of mourners marched alongside the coffins, draped with the national Iranian flag, in the northwestern Iranian city.
The participants shouted slogans to pledge allegiance to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who is expected to lead funeral prayers for Raisi, Foreign Minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, Tabriz Friday prayer leader, Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem and the governor of East Azerbaijan province Malek Rahmati along with Raisi’s bodyguard, pilots and two crew members of the ill-fated helicopter.
