Mideast in Pictures: Iranians attend funeral ceremony for IRGC Navy commander

TEHRAN, April 2 (Xinhua) -- Iranians gathered in Tehran on Wednesday to attend a funeral ceremony for Alireza Tangsiri, chief commander of the Navy of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC), and other armed forces personnel killed in recent U.S. and Israeli strikes.

The IRGC on Monday confirmed that Tangsiri died after sustaining severe injuries while performing his duties.

Mourners escorted the caskets, which also carried the body of Jamshid Es'haqi, advisor to the chief of staff of the Iranian armed forces, in a march from the Enghelab Square to Me'raj-e Shohada (Hall of Martyrs) in southern Tehran, a resting place for the country's martyrs ahead of burial.