In Iran, a state funeral, including military commanders and nuclear scientists, was killed in a 12-day clash with Israel.
The coffin was draped on the Iranian flag, with portraits of the late commander in a large crowd near Engehrab Square in central Tehran.
The conflict ended with a ceasefire earlier this week as the United States directly bombed Iran’s main nuclear sites.
Iran’s highest-ranked military officer Mohammad Bagheri is Mohammad Bagheri, head of the Iranian armed forces.
A large number of mourners wore black shouting slogans, waved Iranian flags and waved portraits of those killed.
Saturday’s funeral will also include Hossein Salami, commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards, as well as numerous nuclear scientists, such as Mohammad Mehdi Mehdi Tehranchi of Tehran Azad University.
This comes after President Donald Trump said he would “Absolutely” consider bombing Iran again.
He answered a question from BBC Nomia Iqbal at a White House press conference on Friday, saying he would “no doubt” attack the country if the intelligence conclusions came to a conclusion.
Trump also repeated his assertion that Iran was “out of”, writing: “Why is the Iranian state of the so-called “superior leader” Iranian state so blatantly and foolishly saying that he won the war with Israel when he knew his remarks were a lie.”
Trump also claimed he knew “his (Khamenei) sanctuary”, saying he “will not let Israel or the U.S. armed forces … terminate his life.”
Trump posted on his Truth Social Platform: “I saved him from a very ugly and ignorant death, and he doesn’t have to say, ‘Thank you!'”
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned Trump not to make “disrespectful” comments about Khamenei, who claimed that “nothing” has been made on strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites.
“If President Trump really wants to make a deal, he should abandon his disrespect and unacceptable tone for Iran’s supreme leader, Grand Ayatollah Khamenei,” Araghchi posted on X.
“The great and powerful Iranian people show the world that the Israeli regime has no choice but to run to ‘Dad’ to avoid being flattened by our missiles, rather than threats and insults.”
Araghchi acknowledges “Excessive and severe” injuries have been caused The recent explosion has come to Iran’s nuclear site.
