SAEDNEWS: A striking photo featured by the Financial Times captures the unprecedented turnout at the funeral of Iranian “martyrs of power,” suggesting that Israeli attacks have unintentionally triggered a nationalist revival rather than weakening the regime.
According to Saed News, the Financial Times has spotlighted a powerful image from Tehran—a vast sea of mourners gathered for the funeral procession of Iranian military figures recently killed in Israeli strikes. The British daily notes that far from undermining Iran’s internal cohesion, the attacks appear to have galvanized national sentiment and reinforced public allegiance to the Islamic Republic.
The photo, widely shared across global platforms, captures what the Financial Times describes as a “resurrection of patriotism” amid the densely packed crowds that flooded the streets of the capital. The attendees, numbering in the millions according to Iranian sources, carried flags, chanted nationalistic slogans, and framed the slain officers as defenders of sovereignty in the face of foreign aggression.
“Israel’s assault on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure—long seen as a cornerstone of its national pride—has had the paradoxical effect of strengthening the regime it hoped to destabilize,” the outlet reported. Analysts quoted in the piece argue that rather than fracturing public trust, the escalation has stoked a sense of shared identity and collective defiance.
While Western capitals continue to debate the efficacy of pressure-based strategies against Tehran, the street-level response suggests a more complex outcome. In the Iranian political lexicon, martyrdom has long been a tool of ideological consolidation—and this latest episode, amplified by foreign media, reaffirms its enduring potency in shaping national consciousness.
