TEHRAN – Funeral processions were held on Monday for 17 personnel of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps who were martyred in two huge explosions that occurred on Saturday at an IRGC munitions depot near the town of Malard in Alborz Province, about 30 kilometers west of Tehran.   

Major General Hassan Tehrani-Moqaddam, the director of the IRGC Jihad Self-Sufficiency Organization, was among those martyred in the incident on Saturday.

The event was attended by the Supreme Leader, senior military officials, Majlis speaker, Judiciary chief, Supreme National Security Council secretary, Tehran mayor, intelligence minister, a number of other officials, and a large number of ordinary people.

The Supreme Leader held talks with the family members of the martyrs on the sidelines of the ceremony. 

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday called for better observance of safety standards at military sites.