Kerman: A sea of black-clad mourners on Tuesday poured into the streets of Kerman to attend the funeral of Qassem Soleimani, the Iranian General killed in a US airstrike in Baghdad last week.
Soleimani, who was Iran's most powerful military commander, will be buried today in Kerman, his home town located in southeast Iran.
Tens of thousands of mourners walked through the streets of Karman ahead of the burial, carrying the Iranian flag and the images of the general.
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The surrounding streets in Kerman, Revolutionary Guard General Qassem Soleimani's hometown, were full of mourners as General Hossein Salami, commander of the Revolutionary Guard Corps, addressed the masses during the funeral service.
The outpouring of grief is an unprecedented honour for a man viewed by Iranians as a national hero for his work leading the Guard's expeditionary Quds Force.
Soleimani, 62, was killed in a US airstrike carried out near the Baghdad international airport on Friday. His assassination has triggered a dramatic escalation of tensions in the Middle East and marked the most significant confrontation between the US and Iran in recent years.
Iran has threatened retaliation, while Trump has said the US would strike 52 Iranian sites in response.
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