Flag draped coffins of Gen Qassem Soleimani and his comrades who were killed in Iraq in a US drone strike, carried on a truck surrounded by mourners during their funeral in southwestern city of Ahvaz, Iran, on Sunday (Jan. 5). - AP
TEHERAN: Thousands of mourners accompanied a casket carrying the remains of the slain Gen. Qassem Soleimani through two major Iranian cities Sunday as part of a grand funeral procession across the Islamic Republic amid soaring tensions between Iran and the US.
President Donald Trump has threatened to bomb 52 sites in Iran if it retaliates by attacking Americans.
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