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Saturday, June 28, 2025
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Saturday, June 28, 2025
Thousands line streets to mourn Iranian generals, nuclear scientists killed during war with Israel
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Mourners gather in Enghelab Square to attend the funeral ceremony of the Iranian army generals, nuclear scientists and their family members who were killed in Israeli strikes, in Tehran, Iran, June 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Thousands of mourners line the streets of downtown Tehran for the funeral of the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and other top commanders and nuclear scientists killed during a 12-day war with Israel.
The caskets of IRGC chief Gen. Hossein Salami, the head of the Guard’s ballistic missile program, Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, and others are driven on trucks along the capital’s Azadi Street.
Salami and Hajizadeh were both killed on the first day of the war, June 13, as Israel launched a war it said was meant to destroy Iran’s nuclear program.
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