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By bne Tehran bureau Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin will participate in the farewell ceremony for Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Interfax reported on May 21. ‘Our Iranian friends have scheduled a farewell ceremony for tomorrow, and therefore, the Russian side will be represented by a delegation led by Volodin.’ he said, adding, ‘He’s going there [Iran] tomorrow,’ the Kremlin speaker said. Raisi and the country’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, along with other officials, were found dead on May 20, several hours after t…

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