Qasem Soleimani hailed as a hero at home
Thousands of Iranian mourners take part in a funeral procession in Iran’s capital, Tehran on Monday, January 6, for head of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Quds Force unit, Gen. Qasem Soleimani, Iraqi paramilitary chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, and others killed in a US airstrike in Baghdad, Iraq, on January 3.
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Updated 7:30 AM ET, Mon January 6, 2020
Thousands of Iranian mourners take part in a funeral procession in Iran’s capital, Tehran on Monday, January 6, for head of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Quds Force unit, Gen. Qasem Soleimani, Iraqi paramilitary chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, and others killed in a US airstrike in Baghdad, Iraq, on January 3.
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Crowds have filled the streets of the Iranian capital, Tehran, to pay their respects to top military leader Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in a US drone strike in Baghdad, Iraq, on January 3.
