In the latest public display of defiance, huge crowds of Iranians took to the streets on Wednesday (March 11) for funerals for top commanders killed in airstrikes.

They carried caskets and brandished flags and portraits of slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his son and successor, Mojtaba.

Large trucks carried coffins belonging to Iran's Defence Minister Amir Nasirzadeh and Revolutionary Guards commander Mohammed Pakpour, who are believed to have been killed in Israeli attacks.

The coffin of Iran's Armed Forces Chief of Staff Abdolrahim Mousavi, who is also believed to have been killed in strikes, was also at the mass funeral.

One funeral attendee said that those gathered will "defend their homeland, their new leader, and the principles of their martyred Imam to the last drop of their blood."

"We will never back down," she added.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

TEHRAN, IRAN (MARCH 11, 2026) (WANA - No use VOA Persian. No use BBC Persian. No use Manoto. No use Iran International. No Use Radio Farda)

1. LARGE CROWDS GATHERED IN ENGHELAB SQUARE FOR FUNERALS OF IRANIAN COMMANDERS

2. TRUCK CARRYING COFFINS SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE

3. VARIOUS OF COFFINS INSIDE TRUCK DRAPED IN IRANIAN FLAGS

4. CROWD ATTENDING FUNERAL / PEOPLE WAVING FLAGS

5. (SOUNDBITE) (Farsi) WOMAN ATTENDING FUNERAL (NO NAME GIVEN) SAYING:

"All these people here will defend their homeland, their new leader, and the principles of their martyred Imam to the last drop of their blood. We will never back down."

6. CROWDS SURROUNDING TRUCK WITH COFFINS

7. (SOUNDBITE) (Farsi) WOMAN ATTENDING FUNERAL (NO NAME GIVEN) SAYING:

"Our people will support them until the final moment and insist there be no compromise - only the destruction of Israel and the United States."

8. LARGE CROWDS AT FUNERAL GATHERED AROUND TRUCKS

9. (SOUNDBITE) (Farsi) MAN ATTENDING FUNERAL (NO NAME GIVEN) SAYING:

"They must strike the enemy and imperialism even harder. We are grateful to them, and the enemy's power has already been broken."

10. TRUCK CARRYING COFFINS SURROUNDED BY CROWDS

11. (SOUNDBITE) (Farsi) MAN ATTENDING FUNERAL (NO NAME GIVEN) SAYING:

"This war must continue until they receive a crushing blow from Islam, Iran, and the Iranian people. They are cowards. Now that they are losing the war, they ask for a ceasefire."

12. CROWD GATHERED AT FUNERAL / LARGE SIGN SHOWING PICTURE OF IRAN'S LATE SUPREME LEADER AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI

13. COFFIN OF REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS COMMANDER MOHAMMED PAKPOUR WHO WAS KILLED IN STRIKE

14. WOMAN CRYING AT FUNERAL

15. PERSON CARRYING IRANIAN FLAGS AND PICTURE OF NEWLY APPOINTED SUPREME LEADER MOJTABA KHAMENEI

16. SECURITY FORCES AND CROWD AT FUNERAL

17. SECURITY FORCES AT FUNERAL

18. POSTER SHOWING IRAN'S DEFENCE MINISTER AMIR NASIRZADEH WHO WAS KILLED IN STRIKE

19. COFFINS IN TRUCK

20. COFFIN OF CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE IRANIAN ARMED FORCES ABDOLRAHIM MOUSAVI WHO WAS KILLED IN STRIKE