• Funerals in Iran: Tehran began a burial ceremony Saturday for top military officials, nuclear scientists, and women and children killed by Israeli attacks earlier this month, according to local media. Similar ceremonies are expected across the country.
• Back-and-forth with Trump: Iran’s foreign minister said Friday that if US President Donald Trump wants a nuclear deal with Iran, he should do away with his “unacceptable” tone toward the country’s supreme leader. Trump has cast doubt on any diplomatic progress and said he would “absolutely” consider bombing Iranian nuclear sites again if deemed necessary.
• Israeli hostage rallies: Family members of Israeli hostages will protest in Tel Aviv on Saturday to demand a ceasefire in Gaza following a truce between Israel and Iran, urging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to seize a “historic window of opportunity” to bring remaining hostages home.
Mourners gather in Tehran as state funeral for senior figures underway
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Iran holds state funeral for officials killed by Israeli strikes
By Nectar Gan, Chris Lau and Laura Sharman, CNN
Updated 2:14 AM EDT, Sat June 28, 2025
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• Funerals in Iran: Tehran began a burial ceremony Saturday for top military officials, nuclear scientists, and women and children killed by Israeli attacks earlier this month, according to local media. Similar ceremonies are expected across the country.
• Back-and-forth with Trump: Iran’s foreign minister said Friday that if US President Donald Trump wants a nuclear deal with Iran, he should do away with his “unacceptable” tone toward the country’s supreme leader. Trump has cast doubt on any diplomatic progress and said he would “absolutely” consider bombing Iranian nuclear sites again if deemed necessary.
• Israeli hostage rallies: Family members of Israeli hostages will protest in Tel Aviv on Saturday to demand a ceasefire in Gaza following a truce between Israel and Iran, urging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to seize a “historic window of opportunity” to bring remaining hostages home.
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Mourners gather in Tehran as state funeral for senior figures underway
From CNN's Angus Watson
Mourners gather in Tehran, Iran, on Saturday.
Large crowds gathered in Tehran waving flags and banners to honor 60 people, including top military figures and nuclear scientists, killed in Iran’s 12-day conflict with Israel earlier this month.
Iranian state media outlet IRIB played patriotic music over video from the state funeral ceremony, which showed mourners reaching out to touch coffins draped in Iran’s red, white and green.
President Masoud Pezeshkian was seen in the crowd, alongside security officers.
Portraits of several slain military figures were displayed on a stage, including images of Major General Hossein Salami and General Mohammad Bagheri.
Some members of the crowd also carried photos of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as demonstrators chanted anti-America and anti-Israel slogans, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.
Key figures: Hossein Salami was the head of the secretive Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and one the most powerful men in Iran. Mohammad Bagheri had served as the chief of staff of Iran’s armed forces, which the UK-based International Institute for Strategic Studies estimated could call on more than 500,000 active personnel.
Israel claimed its killing of regime figures such as Salami and Bagheri, as well as several nuclear scientists, were among the key successes of its unprecedented attacks on Iran.
Missile launched toward Israel from Yemen, IDF says
Israel’s military said it detected a missile launched from Yemen early Saturday, the first projectile that has triggered sirens in the country since a ceasefire was agreed between Israel and Iran nearly a week ago.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Saturday it identified the missile flying over Israeli territory, adding that it was “most likely successfully intercepted” by Israel’s aerial defense systems.
There have been no reports of hits, injuries or damage, according to Israel’s emergency service Magen David Adom.
The Iran-backed, Yemen-based Houthi rebels have regularly fired missiles at Israel since its war in Gaza began in October 2023.
“Sirens were sounded in accordance with protocol,” the IDF said in its statement.
Warnings issued by the IDF’s Home Front Command were issued for several areas south of Jerusalem, including near the Dead Sea.
In pictures: Iranian state funeral for senior figures killed in Israeli strikes
Hundreds of mourners have gathered in Tehran, attending a funeral ceremony for Iran’s top military officials, nuclear scientists and civilians killed by Israeli strikes in recent weeks. Similar ceremonies are expected across the country.
The US-brokered ceasefire between the two countries, which had been trading missile strikes for 12 days following Israel’s attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities, appears to still be holding.
