Iran will hold on Saturday state funerals for senior military commanders and top scientists killed during the country’s 12-day war with Israel, official media said, AFP reports.

“The national funeral ceremony for… commanders and scientists martyred in the Zionist regime’s aggression will be held on Saturday from 8am (9:30am PKT)” in Tehran, official news agency IRNA reported on Wednesday, a day after the warring sides had agreed a ceasefire.

IRNA said that Hossein Salami, the Revolutionary Guards chief killed by Israel on the war’s first day on June 13, will be laid to rest on Thursday.

Vehicles move as a banner shows pictures of Major General Mohammad Bagheri, Commander-in-chief of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards Corps Hossein Salami, Major General Gholamali Rashid, Nuclear scientists Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani and Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi, who were killed in Israeli strikes, in Tehran, Iran, June 15, 2025. — Reuters
Vehicles move as a banner shows pictures of Major General Mohammad Bagheri, Commander-in-chief of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards Corps Hossein Salami, Major General Gholamali Rashid, Nuclear scientists Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani and Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi, who were killed in Israeli strikes, in Tehran, Iran, June 15, 2025. — Reuters

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