<span style="color: #222222;">The body of the commander of the IRGC Quds Forces Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani was laid to rest in his hometown Kerman in southern Iran. The burial ceremony was held in the presence of a large number of people in Kerman, the birthplace of the commander.<br />''<br />''The ceremony was postponed on Tuesday after a stampede in which 50 people reportedly died, while 200 others were injured.<br />''<br />''Lieutenant General Soleimani and the acting commander of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), known as the Hashd al-Shaabi, Abu Mahdi Al-Mohandis killed on Friday by the US Forces in an airstrike.</span><br />
News On AIR | January 8, 2020 2:08 PM
Iran: General Soleimani laid in rest in hometown Kerman