India, June 27 -- Two weeks after a direct conflict with Israel, Iran will hold "historic" funeral proceedings in Tehran for top military commanders and nuclear scientists killed during the 12-day war with Israel.

The country will hold funeral proceedings for 60 people in the capital on Saturday. The commemorations will begin at 0800 local time at Enghelab (Revolution) Square in central Tehran, news agency AFP reported.

The commemorations will be followed by a funeral procession to Azadi Square, about 11 kilometres away, the report said.

"A brief ceremony will be held there, then the processions of the martyrs will go toward Azadi Square," Mohsen Mahmoudi, head of Tehran's Islamic Development Coordination Council, said in a televised i...