According to N12 journalist Sapir Lipkin, IRGC Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani and IRGC commander Ahmad Vahidi are attending the farewell ceremony for the body of late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei this morning, as mourners raise red flags of revenge and chant 'no compromise, no surrender, only revenge.'
The funeral of the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei continued this morning with senior IRGC figures attending the farewell ceremony. According to N12 journalist Sapir Lipkin, IRGC Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani and IRGC commander Ahmad Vahidi were present at the ceremony for Khamenei's body. Meanwhile, mourners raised red flags — a traditional Shia symbol of vengeance — and chanted 'no compromise, no surrender, only revenge.'
As The Zioneer reported at 07:59, the red flags and chants were already a feature of the funeral earlier in the morning. The presence of Qaani and Vahidi underscores the continued public display of loyalty by senior IRGC figures during the succession period, which follows Khamenei's death on July 3. The funeral has drawn massive crowds in Tehran, with foreign delegations arriving and senior IRGC commanders vowing revenge against Israel and the United States. The Islamic Republic remains in a week of official mourning.
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