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Khamenei skips state funeral held for IRGC commanders, nuclear scientists eliminated by Israel
June 28, 2025

Thousands attended a mass Iranian state funeral in Tehran on June 28 to honor Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) members and nuclear scientists killed during the 12-day conflict with Israel. Several senior regime officials attended the event, including Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and the commander of the IRGC’s Quds Force, Gen. Esmail Qaani. Crowds observed as trucks carrying the caskets of Gen. Hossein Salami, Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, Gen. Mohammad Bagheri, and other eliminated figures proceeded slowly down Tehran’s Azadi Street…The deceased reportedly included 60 people, including 16 nuclear scientists and 10 senior Iranian commanders. READ MORE

NEW YORK POST Iran executes 6 people after speedy trials, arrests hundreds in espionage crackdown during Israeli war Iranian authorities have executed six people and arrested 700 in a nationwide espionage crackdown during its 12-day war with Israel, officials and human rights groups said. After Israel’s bombardments on Tehran’s nuclear program exposed the extent of the Jewish state’s infiltration of Iran, the Islamic republic began sweeping up residents on suspicion of treachery, with a half dozen killed in lightning-fast trials, according to the Center for Human Rights in Iran.

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