TEHRAN, Jan 5 — Ceremonies to honour top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in a US air strike in Baghdad, began today in Ahvaz, where his remains arrived from Iraq. State television started a live programme showing thousands of mourners dressed in black gathered in the...
Iranian soldiers gather to mourn General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, who was killed in an air strike at Baghdad airport, in Tehran, Iran January 4, 2020. — Nazanin Tabatabaee/West Asia News Agency) pic via Reuters
State television started a live programme showing thousands of mourners dressed in black gathered in the south-western Iranian city. They held up portraits of the general, seen as a hero of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war and for spearheading Iran’s Middle East operations as chief of the Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force.Aerial footage showed a tide of mourners crammed into Mollavi Square and the surrounding streets of downtown Ahvaz, a city of 1.3 million people.They are expected to be flown to the Iranian capital for more tributes this evening.
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