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By bne Tehran bureau Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov has said that there is “no talk” of President Vladimir Putin participating in the funeral of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, TASS reported on May 21. ‘As far as I know, no international participation is foreseen. There is no talk about it,’ Peskov responded to a question about whether Putin or a representative of Russia plans to participate in Raisi’s funeral. Raisi and the country’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, along with other officials, were found dead on May 20, several hours after their helicopter crash…

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