Beirut, Lebanon - May 24, 2024

Storyline:
Lebanese political party Hezbollah held a rally in Beirut on Friday in memory of the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and others who died in a helicopter crash in Iran last weekend.

The crowd watched a televised speech by Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah on the contributions of Raisi and his foreign minister, who was also killed, to Iran and the region, and Iran's role in supporting resistance movements.

In his speech, Nasrallah said that the late Iranian president was "courageous in the face of enemies" and highlighted the importance of Lebanon's relations with Iran.

Those attending the ceremony expressed their condolences to Iran and the Iranian people, and their confidence in Iran's ability to overcome this ordeal.

Raisi, along with Amir-Abdollahian and several other officials, was killed when his helicopter went down in a fog-shrouded mountainside in Iran's northwest near the Azerbaijan border on May 19.

Shotlist:
Beirut, Lebanon - May 24, 2024:
1. Various of rally in memory of late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi;
2. Screen showing televised speech delivered by Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah;
3. Various of participants;
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) participant (name not given) (partially overlaid with shots 5-6):
"It is a great loss that President Raisi, Minister Abdollahian and those who were with them were martyred, but we are confident that the Islamic Republic of Iran will be victorious because despite their tragedy, they are still raising Palestinian flags and talking about Palestine."
[SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE]
5. Portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei;
6. Participants waving flags;
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7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) participant (name not given):
"We came to console ourselves for the loss of Raisi and his companions, and also to say that the death of President Raisi will not deter the Islamic Republic of Iran from what it has been doing, whether in support of the Palestinian cause or the rightful causes of the region."
8. Screen showing video clip of Ebrahim Raisi.

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