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Iran Holds State Funeral For Top Brass Slain In War With Israel

A banner bearing pictures of Iranian senior military officials killed in recent Israeli attacks hangs across a bridge in Tehran (Credit: AFP)

Iran will hold a state funeral service Saturday for around 60 people, including its military commanders, killed in its war with Israel, after Tehran's top diplomat condemned Donald Trump's comments on supreme leader Ali Khamenei as "unacceptable".

The United States had carried out strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites last weekend, joining its ally Israel's bombardments of Iran's nuclear programme in the 12-day conflict launched on June 13.

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