The national funeral of sixty high-ranking soldiers and nuclear-related scientists killed by Israel during the “twelve-day war” began, on Saturday, June 28, in Iran, on the fifth day of a ceasefire weakened by new threats from Donald Trump.
In the early hours of the day, an immense crowd gathered in the center of the capital, Tehran, around the funeral processions of the “Martyrs of the war imposed by the Zionist regime”. The procession, who has left Square Enghelab (“Revolution”), must make room Azadi (“Liberty”) – a journey of 11 kilometers. The coffins are covered with Iranian flags and portraits of commanders killed in uniform, against a background of Iranian pop music accompanying the funeral praise.
The Iranian president, Massoud Pezeshkian, participates in the ceremonies, which started at 8 am (6:30 am in Paris). According to state television, General Esmaïl Ghaani, responsible for the Al-Quds force (the branch of external operations of the Guardians of the Revolutionary, the ideological army of the Islamic Republic), is also present. Wounded during the war, Ali Shamkhani, one of the advisers of the Supreme Guide, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was seen with a cane.
American and Israeli flags trampled
In the street, thousands of Iranians brandish flags from the Islamic Republic, the raised fist. « Boom boom Tel-Aviv »can we read on a banner, in reference to Iranian missiles drawn from Israel during the conflict in retaliation for attacks against Iran. Missile replicas are exhibited in the procession. Israeli and American flags were trampled on by participants.
Mohammad Bagheri, the highest ranking of the Iranian forces, responsible for the army, the corps of the revolution and the country’s ballistic program, which worked directly under the authority of the supreme guide, killed on the first day of the war, must be buried with his wife and daughter on Saturday.
In the past, Ali Khamenei, in power since 1989, presided over national funeral; As in 2024, following the death, in a helicopter accident, of President Ebrahim Raïssi. However, its presence on Saturday was not confirmed.
SATURDAY “Will be a historic day for Islamic Iran and the history of the Revolution”had assured Friday on national television Mohsen Mahmoudi, a religious leader for the province of Tehran. Administrations and many businesses are closed on Saturday for the occasion.
“The Iranians gave their blood, not their land; They gave their loved ones, not their honor; They resisted a rain of thousand tonnes, but they did not go ”wrote the Iranian diplomacy chief, Abbas Arabhtchi, on his Instagram account, adding that Iran does not know the word “Redition”.
Threat of new American strikes
Israel sparked a war on the goal of preventing Iran from having the atomic bomb on June 13. According to the Iranian Ministry of Health, 627 people were killed and nearly 4,900 injured among the civilian population during the twelve days of war.
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The United States has bombed three nuclear sites in Iran, on the night of June 21 to 22, joining the Israel offensive. Iranian reprisals to Israel left 28 people dead, according to Israeli authorities.
Friday, the American president said that the United States would lead “Undoubtedly” New strikes in Iran if the country enriched uranium at levels allowing it to obtain nuclear weapons. He also accused Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of lacking recognition, saying that he had avoided him “A awful and ignominious death”.
“I knew exactly where he sheltered, and I did not want to leave Israel or the American armed forces, by far the most powerful and the biggest in the world, put an end to his life”said Donald Trump in a virulent message on his social social network, boasting of having inflicted “A beating” at Iran.
Iran, which denies wanting to acquire an atomic bomb, claims a right to civilian nuclear, especially for energy.
Tehran denied the resumption of negotiations with the United States on its nuclear program, as Trump said this week. “If President Trump really wants to conclude an agreement, he should put aside his disrespectful and unacceptable tone with regard to the Iranian Supreme Guide”wrote on X Abbas Arabhtchi.
