Thousands in Iran mourn slain general Qassem Soleimani
The killing of Qassem Soleimani has escalated the crisis between Tehran and Washington after months of back-and-forth attacks and threats which have put the Middle East on edge.
Updated: January 6, 2020 13:18 IST
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Thousands took to the streets of Baghdad for the funeral procession of Iran's top general Monday after he was killed in a US airstrike, as the region braced for the Islamic Republic to fulfill its vows of revenge. (AP)
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In this photo released by the official website of the Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center, leads a prayer over the coffins of Gen. Qassem Soleimani and his comrades, who were killed in Iraq in a U.S. drone strike on Friday, at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Jan. 6, 2020. (AP)
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The killing of Qassem Soleimani has escalated the crisis between Tehran and Washington after months of back-and-forth attacks and threats which have put the Middle East on edge. (AP)
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Mourners carry the coffins of Iran's top general Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Iran-backed militias in Iraq known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, during their funeral in Karbala, Iraq. (AP)
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Iran has vowed harsh retaliation for the U.S. airstrike ordered early Friday by President Donald Trump that killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds Force and mastermind of its regional security strategy, and several senior Iraqi militants. (AP)
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US President Donald Trump Monday ruled out moving US troops out of Iraq unless the country paid the cost of building an expensive air base there and threatened it with “very big” sanctions. Trump’s remarks came a day after the Iraqi parliament voted to oust American troops.(AP)
