Liputan6.com, Tehran – Thousands of mourners gathered the streets of the city of Tehran, Iran, on Saturday (06/28/2025) in order to take part in the funeral of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and a number of senior commanders and scientists -universal scientists who were killed in a 12 -day war with Israel.
The coffin of the commander of the commander of the security guard, General of the Revolution Hossein Salam, the head of the Ballistic missile program, General Amir Ali Hadjizade, as well as a number of other figures, opposite the trucks through Azadi Street in the capital.
Salam and Hadjizade were killed on the first day of the war, on June 13, when Israel began the mentioned attack aimed at destroying the Iranian nuclear program, specially intended for military commanders, scientists and nuclear facilities.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Arachchi was present at the ceremony, and government television reported that General Esmail Kaani, the leader of the foreign wing of the Garda, namely the QUDS forces, and General Ali Shamhani also became mourning. How is it quoted from Access
Shamhani, the highest leader of Iran, Ayatulla Ali Khamenei, who was injured as a result of the Israeli attack and was treated in a hospital, was present in a civil suit and stick.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard was formed after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. Since it was founded, this unit has developed from the parametric forces of internal security, has become a transnational force that helped the allies of Tehran in the Middle East, from Syria and Lebanon to Iraq. The guard acts in parallel with the usual military in the country and controls all the Iranian ballistic missiles that were used twice to attack Israel during the Israeli Ham war on the Gaza series.
12 days before the ceasefire was announced on Tuesday (24/6), Israel claimed that he killed about 30 Iranian commanders and 11 nuclear scientists, and also attacks eight nuclear facilities and more than 720 military infrastructure.
According to the Ministry of Health and Medical Education Iran, as reported Al -jazira, As a result of the Israeli attack on Iran killed at least 627 civilians.
Iran released more than 550 ballistic missiles to Israel, most of them were intercepted, but some of them passed, hit several places and killed 28 people.