Iranian crowds chant ‘Death to America, Israel’ during funeral for top commanders, scientists killed in Israeli strikes

NY Post ^ | 6/28/25 | Katherine Donlevy

[Libloather]

Thousands of enraged Iranians burned the US flag and chanted “death to America” and “Israel” Saturday as the Islamic Republic buried the head of its armed forces and other top commanders who were killed during the 12-day war.

The caskets of about 60 corpses, including Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp’s chief Generals Hossein Salami and Amir Ali Hajizadeh, were marched through the streets of downtown Tehran for the first public funerals since President Trump helped broker a June 23 cease-fire between the two Middle Eastern countries.

“Death to America” and “Death to Israel,” the crowds screamed as flags of both countries were set ablaze.

Salami, the head of the IRGC’s ballistic missile program, and Hajizadeh were both killed on June 13 — the first day of the war — when Israel launched a massive overnight airstrike on Iran.

At least 20 Iranian military commanders and several nuclear scientists working on the country’s weapons program were also taken out in the preemptive strikes.

Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, did not make an appearance at Saturday’s funerals — and has not been seen in public since before the outbreak of the Israel-Iran conflict.

Khamenei, 86, has been hiding in an underground bunker for weeks, though he made a rare televised appearance to ludicrously claim victory over Israel while delivering a “hand slap to America’s face.”

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi attended the funeral services, as well as Gen. Esmail Qaani, who heads the foreign wing of the IRGC, the Quds Force.

[popdonnelly]

This regime has got to go.

[hoosierham]

The nail that sticks up with be hammered down.

[Wuli]

government organized crowds

[17th Miss Regt]

Coincidentally, a whole bunch of news critters were doing the same thing here in America at just about the same time!

[nwrep]

How do we know only 30% are Mohammedans? There are sources that say upto 90%.

[KevinB]

I've been watching TousiTV for the past couple of weeks. The host is from Iran and has family still there. He's a wealth of information about Iran. 30% Muslim and 5% supportive of Islamic regime are numbers he's stated several times over the last few weeks. Unfortunately, I can't easily go through the videos and find where he says them. I would not believe anything the mainstream media or the Iranian government says in this regard.

[nwrep]

I would not believe everything that the anti-government propagandists say either. Remember Ahmed Chalabi?