Iran has the first state funerals for military leaders, nuclear scientists killed in Israeli strikes

Hundreds of thousands of mourning 12 -day war with Israel.

The coffins of the main general of the Guardian Hossein Salami, the head of the Guardian Balistic missile program, General Amir Ali Hajizadeh and others were driven in trucks along Azadi street of the capital while the people in the crowds sang: “Death to the United States” and “Death to Israel”.

Salami and Hajizadeh were killed on the first day of the war, June 13, as Israel launched a war He said he intended to destroy Iran’s nuclear program, specifically aimed at military commanders, scientists and nuclear facilities.

The state media reported that more than 1 million people went to the funeral procession, which was impossible to confirm independently, but the dense crowd packed Tehran’s main road along the route of almost three miles.

There were no immediate signs of the Supreme leader of Iran, Ayatolá Ali Khameneiin the state transmission of the funeral. Khamenei, who has not made a public appearance since before the outbreak of the war, in the previous funerals has maintained sentences for the commanders fallen by their coffins before the open ceremonies, later was broadcast on state television.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was present, and state television reported that General ESMail Qaani, who heads the foreign wing of the Revolutionary Guard, the Force Quds and General Ali Shamkhani were also among the mourners.

Shamkhani, a Khamenei advisor, who was injured in the first round of the attack and hospitalized of Israel, was shown in a civil lawsuit supported by a cane in a distributed image on the telegram telegram channel of state television.

Iran’s revolutionary guard was created after its Islamic Revolution of 1979. Since it was established, it has evolved from a paramilitary internal security force to a transnational force that has come to the aid of Tehran’s allies in the Middle East, from Syria and Lebanon to Iraq. It operates in parallel to the existing armed forces of the country and controls the Balistic missile arsenal of Iran, which he has used to attack Israel twice during the Israel-Ahamas War in the Gaza Strip.

More than 12 days before the fire was declared on Tuesday, Israel said that he killed about 30 Iranian commanders and 11 nuclear scientists, while hitting eight Nuclear facilities and more than 720 military infrastructure sites. According to the group of human rights activists based in Washington, more than 1,000 people, including at least 417 civilians, according to the group of human rights activists based in Washington.

Iran shot more than 550 ballistic missiles to Israel, most of which were intercepted, but those who went through caused damage to many areas and killed 28 people.

Saturday’s ceremonies were the first public funerals for the main commanders from Alto El Fuego, and Iranian state television informed that they were for 60 people in total, including four women and four children.

The authorities closed government offices to allow public servants to attend ceremonies.

Many in the crowd expressed feelings of anger and challenge.

“This is not a high fire, this is just a pause,” said Ahmad Mousapoor, 43, stirring an Iranian flag. “Do what they do, we will definitely give an overwhelming answer.”

The state media published images of a plot of open graves in the extensive cemetery Behesht-E-Zahra de Tehran, where the chief of the Army Cabinet, General Mohammad Bagheri, who was killed on the first day of the war, had to be buried in addition to his brother, a commander of the guards killed during the Iran-Airaq war in the 1980s.

Many of the others had to be buried in their cities of origin.

The Mizan news agency of the Judiciary Iran confirmed that the main prosecutor in the Notorious Evin Prison He had been killed in an Israeli strike on Monday.

He informed that Ali Ghanaatkar, whose prosecution of dissidents led to a generalized criticism by human rights groups, would be buried in a sanctuary in Qom.

Iran has always insisted that its nuclear program is only for peaceful purposes. But Israel considers it an existential threat and said that its military campaign was necessary to prevent them from building an atomic weapon.

Khamenei’s last public appearance was June 11, two days before hostilities with Israel broke out, when he met with the Iranian parliamentarians.

Thursday, however, he launched a pre -recorded videoin his first message from the end of the war, full of warnings and threats directed to the United States and Israel, the adversaries of the whole life of the Islamic Republic.

The 86 -year -old man minimized It smells like Iranian nuclear sites How to have not achieved “nothing significant” and claimed victory over Israel.

The head of the United Nations Nuclear Surveillance Agency, Rafael Grossi, has characterized the damage Made by the American Bunker-Buster bombs on the nuclear site of Irano, which was built in a mountain, such as “very, very, very considerable.”

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