Tehran mass ceremony marks IRGC commander martyred in Israeli strike on Beirut
Thousands of people have converged in a mass funeral procession held for the commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), Brigadier General Abbas Nilforoushan, martyred in Israeli strike on Beirut.
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A number of officials, among them President Masoud Pezeshkian, senior IRGC commanders and people from all walks of life attended the ceremony held in downtown Tehran on Tuesday morning, reported Taqrib News Agency (TNA).
Mourners laid flowers as they held pictures of the resistance commanders and leaders assassinated by Israeli regime.
Another farewell ceremony has been scheduled to be held Isfahan on Wednesday before the body is laid to rest on Thursday.
Iranian military advisor and an IRGC commander, Brigadier General Abbas Nilforoushan was martyred together with the Secretary General of Hezbollah resistance movement, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, in an Israeli strike targeting the southern suburbs of Beirut late in September.