Iranians mourn top commanders killed in Israeli strikes

He listed the streets of the city center of Tehran for thousands of mourning, President of the Revolutionary Guards and other senior commanders and nuclear scientists who were killed during a 12 -day war with Israel.

General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, President of the Guardian Ballistic Missile Program, and others, the coffins of the guard General Hossein Salami were deported to trucks along the capital Azadi Street on Saturday while the crowd led the “Death to America” ​​and “Death to Israel”.

Israel was killed on the first day of the war because Iran had started a war aiming to destroy the nuclear program and started a war aimed at military commanders, scientists and nuclear facilities.

Ayatullah Ali Khanei, the highest leader of Iran, did not have a sign immediately in the state broadcast of the funeral.

Khamenei, who did not make a public appearance before the war broke out, prayed on the coffins for the commanders who had fallen before the open ceremonies broadcasted on past funerals and then on the state television.

For 12 days before a ceasefire was declared on Tuesday, Israel hit eight nuclear facilities and more than 720 military infrastructure areas, while 30 Iranian commanders and 11 nuclear scientists claimed to have killed.

According to the Washington -based human rights activists group, more than 1000 people have died, including at least 417 civilians.

Iran fired more than 550 ballistic missiles to Israel, most of them have been cut off, but the passes caused damage to many areas and killed 28 people.

The ceremonies on Saturday were the first public funeral ceremony for the best commanders since the ceasefire, and Iranian state television reported that they were for a total of 60 people, including four women and four children.

Authorities closed the government offices to allow public officials to attend ceremonies.

Iran has always insisted that the nuclear program only for peaceful purposes, but Israel sees it as an existential threat and said its military campaign is necessary to prevent Iran from building an atomic weapon.

When Khamenei’s last public appearance came together with the 86 -year -old Iranian parliamentarians, it was June 11, two days before the hostility of Israel erupted.

However, on Thursday, in his first message since the end of the war, the Islamic Republic has released a previously recorded video full of warnings and threats against the US and Israel, the long -term enemies of the Islamic Republic.