Hundreds Of Thousands Of Iranians Publicly Mourn Assassinated Military Commander
- 4 years ago
Hundreds of thousands of mourner turned out across Iran on Sunday to mourn slain military commander Qassem Soleimani.
Soleimani was killed in Iraq in a U.S. military strike. His body was returned home on Sunday.
His body was given a hero’s welcome as it arrived in the southwestern city of Ahvaz and then flown to the holy Shi’ite Muslim city of Mashhad.
Huge crowds of mourners turned out to chest-beat and wail, in keeping with the style of mourning common among Shi’ite Muslims.
Soleimani was killed in Iraq in a U.S. military strike. His body was returned home on Sunday.
His body was given a hero’s welcome as it arrived in the southwestern city of Ahvaz and then flown to the holy Shi’ite Muslim city of Mashhad.
Huge crowds of mourners turned out to chest-beat and wail, in keeping with the style of mourning common among Shi’ite Muslims.