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Iran holds funeral for slain senior commander

Iran holds funeral for slain senior commander

Tehran, Oct 15 (UNI) Iran held a funeral on Tuesday for the senior commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), Abbas Nilforoushan, who was killed alongside Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon late last month.

The funeral ceremony, held in Tehran's Imam Hossein Square, was attended by Nilforoushan's family, Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian, Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei, IRGC's Chief Commander Hossein Salami, and Commander of IRGC Quds Force Esmaeil Qaani as well as other high-ranking officials and military commanders.

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