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).