The Funeral of The Iranian General is Full Of The Tears Of His Citizens

International/newsbentang.com - Solaemani's body arrived in Ahvaz on its way from Iraq on Sunday morning. Crowds gathered in Mollavi Square and flooded the streets of Ahvaz, a city of 1.3 million people. This event was broadcast live on Iranian television. Sunday (05/01/2020).

Tens of thousands of people in Iran welcomed the body of General Qassem Soleimani who was killed by the United States. The plan he will be buried before buried next Tuesday.

Reported by Reuters, Soleimani's body arrived in the city of Ahvaz, southwest of Iran which borders Iraq, on Sunday (5/1). Soleimani was killed in a US air strike on Baghdad last Friday.

The mourners carried green, white and red flags, the symbol of blood of martyrs. They wore black clothes, and banged their chests, the typical Shia way of showing sadness. In addition to crying and wailing, anti-American screams also echoed in the air "Death to America".

Soleimani's coffin did not escape the kissing of Iranians. Leaders of the Quds Brigade, Soleimani, and five other Iranians were killed in a US attack near Baghdad airport.

Soleimani's murder was carried out on the direct orders of President Donald Trump after the US Embassy in Iraq was raided by pro-Iranian militias. Iran threatens to demand revenge for Soleimani's death.

While Trump warned Iran not to attack their facilities if they did not want to be attacked. The Iranian news agency, ISNA, said Soleimani's body would be flown to the capital of Tehran on Sunday night for a final tribute.

On Monday (6/1), Iranian leader Ayatullah Ali Khamenei will lead a prayer at Soleimani's place of residence at Tehran University.

His body will be sent to Qom for a prayer procession at the grave of Fatimah Maksumah. It is planned that Soleimani will be buried in his hometown, Kerman, on Tuesday (7/1).

Iran's general died by the United States attack

International/newsbentang.com - The United States gave an explanation related to the attack on Iraq by air on Friday (3/1) morning. The US attack killed the Iranian General and the leader of the Quds Force, Qasem Soleimani.

Quoted from Reuters on Saturday (4/1), US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the attack was aimed at disrupting the attack that would be carried out by Iran allegedly planned by Soleimani.

The attack has the potential to endanger US citizens. Pompeo, was reluctant to explain the attack that would be carried out by Iran. However, the decision to attack and target Soleimani was intelligence.

"The attack was aimed at destroying the '(Iran) attack that was about to take place' and based on Soleimani's intelligence assessment was targeted," Pompeo said. US officials say Washington has sent about 3,000 troops to the Middle East.

This was to anticipate the increasing threat to US troops who were already there. Earlier the Pentagon said the killing of Soleimani was Trump's direct order. Soleimani was killed because he was accused of being responsible for the death of US troops and military in Iraq.

"General Soleimani is actively developing plans to attack US diplomats in Iraq and surrounding areas, General Soleimani and the Quds Force are responsible for the deaths of US citizens and their coalition, as well as wounding thousands of others," the Pentagon said.

Meanwhile, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was furious over Soleimani's death. He promised to revenge viciously against the United States.

"With the passing of him, God willing, the work he left will not stop, we will revenge cruelly to criminals who make his hands covered with blood from him (Soleimani) and other martyrs," said Khamenei.