A huge crowd of mourners filled the streets near Tehran University to attend the funeral of 100 members of the security forces and other martyrs killed during recent foreign-backed riots in Iran.

Caskets draped with Iranian flags were stacked on the back of large trucks and covered with red-and-white roses and framed images of those killed.

“Death to America!” read banners held up by people attending the rally. Demonstrators carried photos of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.

Funeral processions were also held in the cities of Isfahan and Bushehr, where people reaffirmed their allegiance to the ideals of the Islamic Revolution.

Over the past days, various cities have seen similar ceremonies and mass rallies in condemnation of the foreign-backed terrorism.

A rally in Tehran on January 12 was attended by around three million people, according to Fars News Agency.

Iran’s police officials say they have shown maximum restraint towards the rioters, and tried hard to separate ordinary people concerned with the rising cost of living from rioters and terrorists attacking security forces.

Iran’s Judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei has called for public trial and swift punishments for terrorists who “burned someone, beheaded someone and set them on fire.”

PressTV report