Blinken expressed his commitment to addressing what he called a “profoundly wrong-headed decision” during a congressional hearing.

Raisi died along with Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and six others in a helicopter crash on Sunday near the Azerbaijan border.

Joe Biden criticizes ICC for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and senior Hamas members for actions carried out in Gaza.

The ICC’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, stated there are reasonable grounds to believe Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant bear criminal responsibility for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

A larger funeral is scheduled for Wednesday, now declared a public holiday, with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei expected to lead the nation in prayer.

Iranian news outlet Tasnim, which is affiliated to the country’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, is reporting that President Ebrahim Raisi’s funeral will be held tomorrow in Tabriz – the city he was travelling to yesterday.