00:01A funeral was held in Tehran on Wednesday for top security official Ali Larijani, Basij
00:08Commander Golemreza Soleimani, and sailors who were killed in U.S.-Israeli airstrikes.
00:13Crowds filled Engelab Square, many holding images of Larijani, with banners and flags
00:19lined the route as the convoy drove slowly through the Sea of Mourners.
00:23Iran confirmed that Larijani was killed in an Israeli strike on Tuesday, making him the
00:29most senior figure targeted since the start of the war.
00:32A senior Iranian official also said the country's new supreme leader has rejected de-escalation
00:38offers conveyed through intermediaries.
00:41Larijani was seen as a powerful figure with close ties to the late supreme leader Ayatollah
00:46Ali Khamenei and his successor, and was known for his pragmatic approach with both domestic
00:51factions and foreign diplomats.
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