Mourners attend a funeral ceremony for General Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in Iraq in a US drone strike, in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, Iran. Photo: AP Mourners attend a funeral ceremony for General Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in Iraq in a US drone strike, in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, Iran. Photo: AP
Mourners attend a funeral ceremony for General Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in Iraq in a US drone strike, in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, Iran. Photo: AP
World /  Middle East

Thousands in Iran mourn slain general Qasem Soleimani, chanting ‘Death to America’

  • Body arrived in Iran on Sunday after the general was killed in a US drone strike near Baghdad on Friday
  • US President Donald Trump has threatened to bomb 52 sites in Iran if it retaliates by attacking Americans

Topic |   US-Iran tensions
Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse

Updated: 1:56pm, 8 Jan, 2020

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Mourners attend a funeral ceremony for General Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in Iraq in a US drone strike, in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, Iran. Photo: AP Mourners attend a funeral ceremony for General Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in Iraq in a US drone strike, in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, Iran. Photo: AP
Mourners attend a funeral ceremony for General Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in Iraq in a US drone strike, in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, Iran. Photo: AP
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