Iran holds state funeral for military leaders and nuclear scientists killed in Israel conflict

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Iran holds state funeral for military leaders and nuclear scientists killed in Israel conflict  Hundreds of thousands attended a mass funeral in Tehran for IRGC Chief General Hossein Salami and other top commanders killed in the conflict with Israel.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/06/28/state-funeral-underway-in-iran-for-military-leaders-scientists-killed-in-israel-conflict  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Thousands lined the streets of Tehran on Saturday for the funeral of top commanders and scientists

00:05killed in the 12-day war with Israel, as US President Donald Trump calls it.

00:09The caskets of Guards Chief Hussain Salami and Missile Program Head Amir Ali Hagezadeh

00:14were driven through crowds chanting anti-American and anti-Israeli slogans.

00:18Notably absent from the state broadcast was Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who

00:22has not been seen in public since before the war began on June 13th.

00:28On Thursday, Khamenei released a pre-recorded video claiming victory and downplaying the

00:32damage from US strikes on nuclear sites, contradicting UN's nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi,

00:38who called the damage to the fraud on nuclear site, very considerable.

00:43The military conflict, which ended with a ceasefire on Tuesday, killed around a thousand people

00:47in Iran, according to Human Rights Group, while Iranian strikes killed 29 in Israel, according

00:52to local media.

00:54Saturday's funeral is the first for top commanders since the ceasefire, highlighting the scale

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01:00Israeli officials claim strikes killed over 30 security chiefs and 11 nuclear scientists.

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