SHOTLIST: TEHRAN, IRAN (MAY 15, 2025) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL) 1. COMMEMORATION CEREMONY HELD IN TEHRAN'S IMAM HOSSEIN SQUARE 2. IRANIAN OFFICIALS AND CIVILIANS ATTENDING CEREMONY 3. IRANIANS CARRYING IRANIAN AND PALESTINIAN FLAGS 4. SPEECH BY HOSSEIN SALAMI, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS, 5. IRANIAN OFFICIALS AND CIVILIANS ATTENDING CEREMONY TEHRAN, IRAN - MAY 15: The deaths of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and other senior government officials in a tragic helicopter crash were commemorated with ceremonies across the country on Thursday, May 15. The ceremony, held in the capital Tehran, was attended by thousands of Iranians, along with senior military and government officials. During the ceremony, Iranians chanted slogans, carried Raisi's photos, and also recited prayers for the late officials. On May 19, 2024, at around 4.30 p.m. local time (1300GMT), Iranian news agencies reported that a helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi had crashed. Raisi had come to a site on the border between Iran and Azerbaijan, where he and his counterpart from the neighboring country, Ilham Aliyev, inaugurated the Giz Galasi hydroelectric complex, built jointly by the two nations on the Aras River. While traveling back to the northwestern city of Tabriz from the Khudafarin region, Raisi had chosen to go by helicopter. He and his accompanying delegation, including Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, departed in three helicopters. Soon after, Iranian officials announced that the helicopter carrying the president and foreign minister had made a hard landing. It was confirmed that Raisi, Amir-Abdollahian, the governor East Azerbaijan province, and Tabriz's Friday prayer imam were among those on board. The wreckage was finally located and no survivors were found.