The burial of top commander, Qassem Soleimani, killed in a United States drone strike has been delayed following a deadly stampede that claimed at least thirty five persons and more than forty others injured during the procession.
General Soleimani is to be laid to rest in his hometown with millions already estimated to have thronged the streets to pay their last respects.
Meanwhile, the last is yet to be heard in the faceoff between Washington and Tehran as Iranian lawmakers have unanimously voted for a motion declaring all U.S. forces as ‘terrorists’.
The vote took place during the country’s parliamentary session which also approved an expanded budget for the Quds Force, which Qassem Soleimani headed before his death.
Several residents are still thronging the streets of the late general’s hometown to pay their final respects.
The body has arrived his home town of Kerman for the burial. A service was held in a public square before his coffin was transported through the streets of the town.
The major-general was widely seen as Iran’s second most powerful figure behind the country’s 80-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The killing brought fears that long-standing tensions between the US and Iran could spiral into conflict.
