Iran holds funeral for commanders and scientists killed at war with Israel

Large crowds of mourning people dressed in black streets The Iranian capital Tehran While the country organized funeral on Saturday for the best military commanders, nuclear scientists and some of the civilians killed during this month Air war with Israel.

At least 16 scientists and 10 senior commanders were one of the full people during the funeral, according to the state media, in particular the general of the head of the armed forces Mohammad Bagheri, the general commander of the Guards of the Revolutionaries Hossein Salami, and the chief of the aerospace force of the guards Amir Ali Hajizadeh.

Their coffins were led in Place Azadi de Tehran Adorned with their national photos and flags, while the crowd agitated flags and some have stretched out to touch the coffins and throw pink petals. The press television managed by the state has shown an image of exposed ballistic missiles.

Mass prayers were then held on the square.

State television said that funerals, nicknamed the “procession of martyrs of power”, took place for a total of 60 people killed during the war, including four women and four children.

Present President Masoud Pezeshkian and other senior personalities including Ali Shamkhani, who was seriously injured during the conflict and is adviser to the supreme chief of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khameneias well as the son of Khamenei Mojtaba.

“Today, the Iranians, by a heroic resistance against two regimes armed with nuclear weapons, have protected their honor and their dignity, and turn to the proud future, more worthy and more resolved than ever,” said Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, who also attended the funeral, in a telegram post.

There was no immediate declaration by Khamenei, which has not appeared publicly since the start of the conflict. During past funerals, he directed prayers on the coffins of senior commanders before the public ceremonies broadcast on state television.

Israel launched air war on June 13, attacking Iranian nuclear installations and killing the best military commanders as well as civilians in the worst shot to the Islamic Republic since the 1980s war with Iraq.

Iran retaliated with missile dams on Israeli military sites, infrastructure and cities. The United States has entered the war June 22 with strikes on Iranian nuclear installations.

Israel, the only country in the Middle East largely believed with nuclear weapons, said that it was aimed at preventing Tehran from developing its own nuclear weapons.

Iran denies having a nuclear weapon program. The United Nations nuclear custody said that it had “no credible indication” of an active and coordinated weapon program in Iran.

Bagheri, Salami and Hajizadeh were killed on June 13, the first day of the war. Bagheri was buried in the Behesht Zahra cemetery outside Tehran in the middle of the afternoon on Saturday. Salami and Hajizadeh were to be buried on Sunday.

US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he was planning to bomb Iran again, while Khamenei, who appeared in two pre-recorded video messages since the start of the war, said that Iran would respond to any future American attack by hitting US military bases in the Middle East.

A senior Israeli military official said on Friday that Israel had given a “blow” to the Iranian nuclear project. On Saturday, Iranian Revolution Guards said in a statement that Israel and the United States had not achieved their declared objectives “in the war.

According to figures from the Iranian Ministry of Health, 610 people were killed on the Iranian side in the war before a cease-fire coming into force on Tuesday. Over 4,700s were injured.

The activist news agency Hrana put the number of killed at 974, including 387 civilians.

The Israeli Health Ministry said 28 had been killed in Israel and 3,238 injured.