10 Oct 2024
Wednesday 8 January 2020 - 14:55
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Gen. Soleimani laid to rest in hometown after revenge attacks on US bases

Gen. Soleimani laid to rest in hometown after revenge attacks on US bases
Press TV - Senior Iranian commander LieutenantGeneral Qassem Soleimani, who was assassinated by the US in Iraq, has been laid to rest in his hometown Kerman, shortly after Irans Armed Forces launched retaliatory missile strikes on American bases in Iraq.

The body of the Middle Easts most prominent anti-terror commander was buried at theMartyrs Cemetery in Kerman early Wednesday.

It came after million-strong funeral processions for the martyred head of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), in the Iraqi cities of Kadhimiya, Baghdad, Karbala and Najaf as well as the Iranian cities of Ahvaz, Mashhad, Tehran and Qom.

The burial service had been planned to be held on Tuesday, but it was delayed due to overcrowding at the site.

The ceremony shortly after the IRGC fired rockets at US military bases in Iraqs Anbar Province and Kurdistans regional capital, Erbil, at 1:20 a.m. local time, the moment when the US military carried out a drone strike on Friday against General Soleimanis motorcade upon his arrival in Baghdad at the invitation of the Iraqi government.

The attack also killed Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of Iraqs Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), as well as eight other Iranian and Iraqi people.

General Soleimani is viewed by the worlds freedom-seeking people as the key figure in the Middle East battles that led to the collapse of Daesh, the worlds most notorious terror group.
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