According to Jerusalem Post, thousands of Iranians gathered in Tehran on Saturday to participate in the funeral procession of Senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) Commanders, Nuclear Scientists and Citizens in the Israeli air strike,
His coffins were adorned with his photographs and national flags in Tehran’s freedom square, as the crowd waved the flags and some people reached to touch the casket and throw rose petals at them.
Iran’s President Mansoor Pezeshakian and Esmail law, head of IRGC’s QDS force, were present in the procession.
“Today, the Iranians, through brave resistance against two nuclear weapons armed regulations, protected their respect and dignity, and saw the future proud, more dignified than ever, and more firm,” Foreign Minister Abbas Arkchi, who also participated in the funeral, said in a Telegram post.
Officials in Iran said that 627 people were killed in the country, although the entire limit of damage due to strict media sanctions could not be verified independently. According to Israeli officials, 28 people were killed in Israel during the conflict.
A senior Israeli military official said on Friday that more than 30 senior security officers and 11 senior nuclear scientists were killed in Iran during the Israeli Operation Rising Lion, with a summary of a 12-day air war with Iran.
The Jerusalem Post reported that the official said that the Israeli Air Force hit more than 900 goals and during the conflict, Iran’s missile production capabilities were smeared to significantly damaged, which ended with the US-Brokede ceasefire, Jerusalem Post reported.
After the procession, Ayatollah Khamenei congratulated the people of Iran that he said a “decisive victory” over the US and Israel during the 12-day war in the post on X/Twitter, and a recorded message on Thursday.
The Jerusalem Post reported that Khamenei congratulated the Iranian people and said, “With all those claims, with all those claims, the Ziona rule, under the blasts of the Islamic Republic, has almost fallen and crushed.”
Khamenei also claimed that the US intervened in the war for fear that Israel would be destroyed without its help. He said that the US did not get anything from the war and got “slaps on face”.
The Iranian leader warned that Iran “whenever necessary,” can take action “and any further aggression by its enemies would result in” paying a heavy price “as a result of any further aggression.
His comment followed the disappearance of two weeks from the public’s eyes, during which he allegedly shifted to a hidden place and avoided electronic communication over concerns about the attempt to kill Israel. (AI)