Mourners surround a car carrying the coffin of Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani, killed alongside Iraqi paramilitary chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in a US air strike, during a funeral procession in Kadhimiya, a Shiite pilgrimage district of Baghdad, on January 4, 2020. - Thousands of Iraqis chanting "Death to America" joined the funeral procession Saturday for Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi paramilitary chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, both killed in a US air strike. The cortege set off around Kadhimiya, a Shiite pilgrimage district of Baghdad, before heading to the Green Zone government and diplomatic district where a state funeral was to be held attended by top dignitaries. In all, 10 people -- five Iraqis and five Iranians -- were killed in Friday morning's US strike on their motorcade just outside Baghdad airport. (Photo by SABAH ARAR / AFP)
Qassem Suleimani: ‘Death to America’ chants at Baghdad funeral procession
Thousands gather to mourn Iran general killed in US airstrike as Tehran vows ‘harsh revenge’
Thousands of people have gathered across Iran and Iraq to mourn and vow revenge for the death of Qassem Suleimani, Iran’s top general and the most influential military commander in the Middle East, after he was killed in a US drone strike along with a key Iraqi ally.
Weeping crowds in Baghdad began a funeral procession that is expected to last days, taking Suleimani’s body through Shia holy cities in both countries. tA public farewell in Tehran will allow Iranian leaders to pay their respects in person before he is buried in his home province of Kerman on Tuesday.
Mourners shouted “death to America” as they escorted the coffins of Suleimani and the Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who was killed in the same operation, through the streets of the Iraqi capital.
