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== Reactions ==
=== Domestic ===
Prior to the confirmation of Raisi's death, prayers for him were held in cities across the country, which were aired by [[Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting|state-run television]].<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1BUJE-SSmA&t=88s |title=Iran president Ebrahim Raisi dead in helicopter crash |date=2024-05-20 |language=en |publisher=[[Channel 4 News]] |access-date=2024-05-22 |quote=Broadcast reaction to Raisi's death was mixed, to put it mildly, and fell into two categories. At one end of the emotional extreme, regime supporters mourning his death featured heavily on Iranian television today [...] On the other end, celebratory videos like this went viral. |via=YouTube |archive-date=22 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240522082928/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1BUJE-SSmA&t=88s |url-status=live }}</ref> At the same time, videos of people in Iran setting off celebratory fireworks began circulating on social media, while others danced, played music, or honked car horns in solidarity with those celebrating.<ref name=":1" /> Images were posted to social media showing people killed and injured during the crackdown on the 2022 [[Mahsa Amini protests]] under Raisi's presidency.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kalbasi |first=Bahman |date=2024-05-21 |title=How Iranians reacted to president's helicopter crash |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1rrnppp5lno |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521100450/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1rrnppp5lno |archive-date=21 May 2024 |access-date=2024-05-21 |work=BBC}}</ref> [[Law Enforcement Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran|Police in Tehran]] warned that anyone who appeared publicly happy about Raisi's death would be prosecuted.<ref name=":1" />
 
Following confirmation of Raisi's death, Khamenei declared five days of national mourning.<ref name=AP21May /> Following the announcement of Raisi's death, hundreds gathered in [[Valiasr Street|Vali-e-Asr square]] in mourning for the president.<ref name="AP21May" /> At a meeting of the [[Assembly of Experts]] on 21 May, a flower-ringed portrait of Raisi was placed on his seat.<ref name="apmourning" /> The [[United Nations Security Council]] stood for a [[minute's silence]] for Raisi.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Daniel |last2=Barnes |first2=Joe |date=2024-05-21 |title=Ministers refuse to use tribute to Iranian president drawn up by Foreign Office staff |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/21/british-un-security-council-ebrahim-raisi/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521115521/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/21/british-un-security-council-ebrahim-raisi/ |archive-date=21 May 2024 |access-date=2024-05-21 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref>
 
Reactions among Iranians were mixed. [[Maryam Rajavi]], the leader of the exiled dissident [[People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran]], said that Raisi's legacy was marked by his role in the [[1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners]], and described the crash as a "monumental and irreparable strategic blow to the mullahs' Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the entire regime," which would trigger "a series of repercussions and crises" within its leadership.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=20 May 2024 |title=Exiled opposition group says Raisi death 'monumental blow' to Iran |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240520-exiled-opposition-group-says-raisi-death-monumental-blow-to-iran |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520102253/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240520-exiled-opposition-group-says-raisi-death-monumental-blow-to-iran |archive-date=20 May 2024 |access-date=20 May 2024 |website=France 24 |agency=[[AFP News]]}}</ref> Celebrations were also reported amongst the [[Iranian diaspora]], while staff at [[Iran International]] said they were being contacted by many Iranians expressing happiness at Raisi's death.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lawless |first=Jill |date=2024-05-22 |title=From London to Los Angeles, many Iranians overseas cheer, and fear, after president's death |url=https://apnews.com/article/iran-diaspora-raisi-death-reaction-c2d29d9bb3cc4dfde25d00f29bc7685c |access-date=2024-05-22 |work=[[AP News]]}}</ref> [[Taghi Rahmani]], the husband of detained activist and Nobel laureate [[Narges Mohammadi]], said Raisi's death would not structurally change the Iranian leadership under Khamenei.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Parent |first=Deepa |date=2024-05-20 |title='People are in no mood to mourn': mixed reactions in Tehran after death of President Ebrahim Raisi |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/may/20/people-are-in-no-mood-to-mourn-mixed-reactions-in-tehran-after-death-of-president-ebrahim-raisi |access-date=2024-05-20 |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=20 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520205135/https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/may/20/people-are-in-no-mood-to-mourn-mixed-reactions-in-tehran-after-death-of-president-ebrahim-raisi |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
Former foreign minister [[Mohammad Javad Zarif]] blamed the United States for the crash, saying in an interview that the latter's [[United States sanctions against Iran|embargo]] on the sale of aircraft and aviation parts to Iran "will be recorded in the list of U.S. crimes against the Iranian people".<ref name=AP21May />
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