Mourners stand next to the coffin of Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander Hossein Salami (C), and other military commanders and civilians killed during Israeli strikes on the first day of the war, during their funeral procession at Enqelab Square in Tehran on June 28, 2025. — AFP
Mourners stand next to the coffin of Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander Hossein Salami (C), and other military commanders and civilians killed during Israeli strikes on the first day of the war, during their funeral procession at Enqelab Square in Tehran on June 28, 2025. — AFP

 People attend the funeral procession of Iranian military commanders, nuclear scientists and others killed in Israeli strikes, in Tehran, Iran on June 28, 2025. — Reuters
People attend the funeral procession of Iranian military commanders, nuclear scientists and others killed in Israeli strikes, in Tehran, Iran on June 28, 2025. — Reuters

 People attend the funeral procession of Iranian military commanders and nuclear scientists killed in Israeli strikes, in Tehran, Iran on June 28, 2025. — Reuters
People attend the funeral procession of Iranian military commanders and nuclear scientists killed in Israeli strikes, in Tehran, Iran on June 28, 2025. — Reuters

 People attend the funeral procession of Iranian military commanders, nuclear scientists and others killed in Israeli strikes, in Tehran, Iran on June 28, 2025. — Reuters
People attend the funeral procession of Iranian military commanders, nuclear scientists and others killed in Israeli strikes, in Tehran, Iran on June 28, 2025. — Reuters

 Mourners carry national flags and portraits of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (C) and slain Iranian Armed Forces Chief of Staff, Major General Mohammad Bagheri (R), during the funeral procession of military commanders and civilians killed during Israeli strikes on the first day of the war, near Enqelab Square in Tehran on June 28, 2025. — AFP
Mourners carry national flags and portraits of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (C) and slain Iranian Armed Forces Chief of Staff, Major General Mohammad Bagheri (R), during the funeral procession of military commanders and civilians killed during Israeli strikes on the first day of the war, near Enqelab Square in Tehran on June 28, 2025. — AFP

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