Hundreds of thousands mourn top Iranian military commanders and scientists killed in Israeli strikes

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(28 Jun 2025)
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Tehran, Iran - 28 June 2025
1. Wide aerial of crowds taking part in funeral for Iranian commanders, scientists and others killed during war with Israel
2. Aerial of truck carrying flag-draped caskets
3. Various of crowds chanting (Farsi) "Israel! I'm your opponent!" and "America! I'm your opponent!"
4. Caskets of Gen. Mohammad Bagheri, Iran's former chief of general staff and his family
5. Flowers being rubbed against the caskets for blessing
6. Wide of truck, with picture of late Gen. Gholam Ali Rashid
7. Caskets of Gen. Rashid and son Amin Abbas Rashid
8. Mourners in front of pictures of killed commanders
9. Placard reading (Farsi) "death to America", "death to Israel" and "death to Britain", with picture of late General Qassem Soleimani
10. Mourners weeping
11. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Ahmad Mousapoor, mourner:
"This is not a ceasefire, this is just a pause. Whatever they do we will definitely give a crushing response."
12. Picture of late Revolutionary Guard commander-in-chief Gen. Hossein Salami
13. Salami's casket, with his picture
14. Casket of Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, late commander of Revolutionary Guard's Aerospace Force (right)
15. Close of mourner crying
16. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Mohammad Abdollahzadeh, Tehran resident:
"America! Be aware that we are here. You won't be able to find (and harm) our leader. You'll be buried with that dream. Every single Iranian shiite are ready to sacrifice their lives."
17. Mourner holding picture of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader
18. Truck carrying caskets of children killed during war
19. Women sobbing and beating on their chests
20. Close of woman sobbing
21. Women holding placards reading (Farsi) "Supreme leader said: Israel must await a harsh punishment" and "May my life be sacrificed to the leader."
22. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Pashaei (no first name given), Tehran resident:
"We will make that bloodsucker Trump realize that he is nothing. He says whatever nonsense he wants, but our nation is not one to waver in the face of such bluster. He has no idea what he is talking about."
23. Caskets of women killed in war
24. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Pashaei (no first name given), Tehran resident:
"God willing, to retaliate the bloods of these martyrs, will send America and the Zionists to hell."
25. Various of truck carrying caskets
26. Wide of crowds
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of thousands of mourners lined the streets of downtown Tehran on Saturday for the funeral of the head of the Revolutionary Guard and other top commanders and nuclear scientists killed during a 12-day war with Israel.

The caskets of Guard’s chief Gen. Hossein Salami, the head of the Guard’s ballistic missile program, Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh and others were driven on trucks along the capital’s Azadi Street as people in the crowds chanted: “Death to America” and “Death to Israel.”

Salami and Hajizadeh were both killed on the first day of the conflict, June 13, when Israel launched a war it said meant to destroy Iran’s nuclear program, specifically targeting military commanders, scientists and nuclear facilities.




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