Amid rising regional tensions and ongoing battle, Tehran witnessed two important occasions over the weekend: a mass funeral for senior army figures killed in the course of the current battle with Israel and the annual Hosseini Infants Ceremony, which drew massive crowds.On Friday, a whole bunch of moms gathered in Tehran for the Hosseini Infants occasion, the place they raised their infants into the air in a gesture of devotion to Imam Hossein. The ritual, held yearly on the primary Friday of the Islamic month.
CNN, which witnessed the ceremony, reported that attendees expressed spiritual and political sentiments, with chants towards the US and Israel, and movies of Iran’s missile program proven in the course of the occasion. One mom informed CNN that her child wore a headscarf, which is a “image saluting Imam Hossein, who’s the chief of all of the oppressed who stand towards oppressors and do not submit.”Funeral attracts massive crowds after leaders killed in battleOn Saturday, massive crowds lined Azadi Avenue in central Tehran for the funeral procession of senior Iranian commanders, together with Revolutionary Guard chief Gen. Hossein Salami and Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the pinnacle of Iran’s ballistic missile program. Each had been reportedly killed on June 13 in the course of the opening strikes of the current battle with Israel.State media reported that over a million folks attended the procession, although this determine couldn’t be independently verified. The coffins had been pushed on vehicles by means of the town as mourners chanted slogans and paid tribute to the fallen. Iran’s international minister Abbas Araghchi, Quds Pressure commander Gen. Esmail Qaani, and different high officers had been current on the funeral.
