Bodies of Ebrahim Raisi and His Companions Placed at Tehran's Mosalla for Public Farewell

The bodies of the leader of the revolution and family members were prepared by those close to them at Tehran's prayer grounds for public farewell. This event took place in Tehran and images of it were published by ten news outlets. Based on available coverage, the purpose of this action was to provide an opportunity for the public to participate in the farewell.

• All ten news outlets included in this report focused their coverage on the placement of the bodies at Tehran's prayer grounds for public farewell.
• A number of outlets (Fars, Breaking News, Latest News, Jam-e Jam, Etemaad, and Shargh) used decorative and evaluative adjectives such as "sacred" and "esteemed."
• Some sources (News Online, Entekhaab, and Shargh newspaper) presented the event plainly without adding value-laden descriptions.
• Shargh newspaper used images in two different coverages and explicitly labeled one of them as video footage.
• None of the coverages included supplementary information about security conditions, the number of attendees, or the precise timeline of the event.
• All included sources placed the event within a political context, though without explicitly stating broader historical or political backgrounds.. **Coverage difference:** News outlets close to government agencies (Fars, Breaking News, Latest News, Jam-e Jam, and Etemaad) used elevated language and rich adjectives, while some sources (News Online and Entekhaab) presented a more neutral narrative. Shargh newspaper, by publishing two images, emphasized the visual aspect of the event more strongly, and there is no fundamental difference among sources regarding the facts of the event.