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Death of Ebrahim Raisi
Ceremonies in honor of Raisi - buried in hometown

The funeral ceremonies for Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter accident, will begin on Tuesday, writes AFP. In the city of Tabriz near the crash site and in the capital Tehran, people have begun to gather to honor the president.

On Thursday, Raisi will be taken to his hometown of Mashhad where he will be buried.

On Monday, the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, declared five days of national mourning after the accident, in which Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, a local governor and a number of high-ranking government officials also died.
 

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Economy
Opposition to the euro is growing

Almost a quarter of Swedes want to exchange the krona for the euro. This shows a survey that TV4 has produced together with Verian, formerly Sifo. Despite the weak krona, resistance to the euro has grown since the last measurement last autumn.

According to the survey, 53 percent of Swedes are now against a currency exchange and 24 percent are in favor – last fall, 47 percent were against and 27 percent in favor.

The survey was conducted online during week 20 and includes responses from 1,050 people across the country.