“The national funeral ceremony for… commanders and scientists martyred in the Zionist regime’s aggression will be held on Saturday…in Tehran,” state news agency IRNA reported on Wednesday, a day after a ceasefire took hold.
IRNA also reported that Hossein Salami, the Revolutionary Guards chief killed by Israel on the war’s first day, will be laid to rest on Thursday in central Iran.
Israel on June 13 launched a major bombardment campaign targeting Iranian nuclear and military sites and killing top officials, including Salami, who was close to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Residential areas have also been hit in the fighting, with the health ministry in Tehran reporting at least 610 civilians killed and more than 4,700 wounded.
Iran’s retaliatory attacks on Israel have killed 28 people, according to official figures.
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the ceasefire that ended the 12 days of conflict was going “very well”, while leaked US intelligence cast doubt on the damage caused by US strikes to Tehran’s nuclear programme.
US media earlier cited people familiar with a preliminary US intelligence report as saying that weekend strikes did not fully eliminate Iran’s centrifuges or stockpile of enriched uranium. (AFP)
