Iran has begun funerals for the echelon of its military, intelligence and nuclear science communities killed by Israel during their recent 12- day war.
By official Iranian account, 621 persons, mainly children and women, were killed during the war, in which many more others were wounded.
While funerals are holding across the country of almost 100 million people, the state funerals are holding in the capital, Teheran, where state burials are due for 60 nuclear scientists, and military and intelligence chiefs, killed during the conflict.
The 60, drawn from the academia, the military and security intelligence circles, are to be honoured for their roles in the development of the Persian state and for their martyrdom.
Before the interment of the 60, an 11 -kilometre funeral procession is holding between two important squares in the capital city of Teheran.
The Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is due to address the nation, his second in as many days.
The 60 brass were killed in separate Israeli attacks at the onset of the war.
