An unconfirmed report indicates that gunfire erupted late Thursday at the funeral of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Mashhad, killing several members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and wounding many others. The circumstances of the shooting are not yet independently verified.
A single unverified report that emerged around midnight (Jerusalem time) claims a shooting incident occurred during the final burial rites of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Mashhad on Thursday night. The report, citing an unspecified source, states that 'several' members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) were killed and many others wounded. The report does not specify the number of casualties, the identity of the perpetrators, or the exact location within Mashhad. The earlier post that mentioned 'gunfire in Mashhad' (23:53 Jerusalem) did not specify any casualties, making this the first report claiming fatalities. The reports remain unconfirmed, and no Iranian official source has commented. As The Zioneer previously reported, the funeral procession had already been delayed by several hours on Thursday after a reported attack on a railway line between Tehran and Mashhad. Iranian state media and officials have not yet addressed the shooting report.
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