BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 28.鈥 Iran, though
committed to peace, will never surrender, Foreign Ministry
Spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei told local journalists during a
funeral ceremony in Tehran for high-ranking military officers and
nuclear scientists killed in recent airstrikes, Trend reports.
Baghaei emphasized that public participation in the funeral
reaffirms the nation鈥檚 resilience.
This morning, Tehran saw a grand send-off as a sizable funeral
ceremony took place to pay tribute to the high-ranking military
commanders and nuclear scientists who met their untimely end in the
12 days of Israeli airstrikes on Iran.
On the morning of June 13, Israel carried out airstrikes against
Iran. The attacks killed numerous high-ranking military officials,
including Mohammad Bagheri, Chief of the Iranian Armed Forces
General Staff; Hossein Salami, Commander of the Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC); and Gholam Ali Rashid, head of
the Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters, along with nine nuclear
scientists and other senior figures.
That same evening, Iran launched a retaliatory strike dubbed
鈥淥peration True Promise III,鈥 firing hundreds of ballistic missiles
and drones at multiple targets across Israel, including Tel Aviv.
The attacks caused civilian casualties and widespread damage.
The US conducted airstrikes targeting three nuclear facilities
in Iran on June 22, reportedly causing significant damage.
In retaliation, Iran targeted a U.S. military base in Qatar with
airstrikes on the evening of June 23.
On June 26, the Israeli Prime Minister鈥檚 Office announced that
the government had agreed to a ceasefire with Iran, brokered by
U.S. President Donald Trump. Iran鈥檚 Supreme National Security
Council also confirmed in a statement that military operations had
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