TEHRAN-(MaraviPost)-Tens of thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets in protest at the killing of a Tehran’s most powerful military chief.
Chanting “death to America” and carrying posters of General Qasem Soleimani, demonstrators marched through Iran‘s capital condemning “US crimes”.
The country’s leaders have vowed “harsh revenge” after Donald Trump ordered the fatal airstrike on the commander in Baghdad this morning.
As tensions between the two countries escalate, funeral crowds have lined the streets to mourn the fallen general.
Footage from Gen. Soleimani’s hometowm Kerman shows crowds dressed in black streaming through the main thoroughfare.
What began as a small gathering after Friday prayers soon spiralled into a large public procession, according to local reports.
After a small initial gathering early this morning in Kerman, Qassem Soleimani’s hometown, there is now a massive funeral crowd lining the streets, all wearing black.
In footage of the crowd, men can be heard beating their chests in a traditional Shiite expression of grief.
Meanwhile in Tehran, mourners shouted in unison: “The axis of any evil is America, the motto of religion and the Quran is death to America,” according to Aljazeera.
“O leader of our revolution,” they added “Condolences, condolences.”
State news agency IRNA reported similar demonstrations in the cities of Arak, Bojnourd, Hamedan, Hormozgan, Sanandaj, Semnan, Shiraz and Yazd.
Source: standard.co.uk
