Reactions and margins on the Friday
morning assassination of Iran’s IRGC
Quds Force commander, Lieutenant
General Qassem Soleimani have made
the headlines in global media as the
Iranian nation in the cities hosting the
body of top general and his companions
or other cities held massive ceremonies
to pay the last tribute to the great
counter-terrorism figure.
Reuters:
Iran’s supreme leader wept in grief with hundreds of thousands of mourners thronging Tehran’s streets on Monday for the funeral of military commander Qassem Soleimani, killed by a US drone on the orders of US President Donald Trump.
As the coffins of General Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who also died in Friday’s attack in Baghdad, were passed over the heads of mourners, Soleimani’s successor vowed to expel US forces from the region in revenge.
MailOnline:
Iran's supreme leader today wept over the coffin of the Iranian general who was killed in a US airstrike, as the warlord's daughter swore revenge on US troops despite Donald Trump's threats of a fearsome response.
A tearful Ayatollah Ali Khamenei prayed over the remains of Qassem Soleimani as hundreds of thousands of mourners gathered in Tehran for the second day of the general's funeral.
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Al Jazeera:
Huge crowds of mourners have poured onto the streets of Tehran to pay their respects to Qassem Soleimani, the country's most powerful military commander who was assassinated in a US air attack in Iraq.
State television said on Monday there was a "several million-strong" turnout for the funeral proceedings for Soleimani, who was the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps's (IRGC) overseas forces.
Financial Times:
Sakineh, a 70-year-old woman, struggled to keep up with the hundreds of thousands of mourners who had gathered in the streets of Mashhad, Iran’s holiest city, to pay tribute to military commander Qassem Soleimani. “But I thought even my dead body should be at the funeral,” she said, walking with difficulty. “We owe a lot to him.”
The US assassination of the commander responsible for Iran’s foreign military strategy on Friday has triggered one of the biggest public outpourings of grief seen in the country.
BBC News:
Huge crowds have packed the streets of the Iranian capital Tehran for the funeral of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani.
Some people cried, while others clutched pictures of the late commander. Mourners passed Soleimani's coffin over their heads and "death to America" chants were heard.
Times of Israel:
Iranian state TV estimated Sunday that millions of mourners came out in (the cities of) Ahvaz and Mashhad to pay their respects as the remains of top General Qassem Soleimani were paraded through the streets after he was killed in a US strike.
Reports said these were the largest processions in the country since the 1989 funeral for the Islamic Republic founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
The casket moved slowly through streets choked with mourners wearing black, beating their chests and carrying posters with Soleimani’s portrait. Demonstrators also carried red Shiite flags, which traditionally symbolize both the spilled blood of someone unjustly killed and a call for vengeance.
DW:
Hundreds of thousands of mourners gathered for the funeral of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani on Monday, three days after he was killed by US airstrikes in Iraq.
"The families of US soldiers in the Middle East will spend their days waiting for the death of their children," said Zainab Soleimani, daughter of the slain general, on state TV.
"Crazy Trump, don't think that everything is over with my father's martyrdom," she added. She warned that the US and their ally Israel faced a "dark day" in response to his death.
France 24:
Weeping amid wails from a crowd of hundreds of thousands of mourners, Iran's supreme leader on Monday prayed over the remains of a top Iranian general killed in a US airstrike in Baghdad, an attack that's drastically raised tensions between Tehran and Washington.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei himself prayed over the caskets of Soleimani and others slain in the attack. Soleimani's successor, Esmail Ghaani stood near Khamenei's side, as did Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and other top leaders in the Islamic Republic.
CNN:
Tehran's streets were packed with black-clad mourners Monday as a sea of people turned out to pay their respects to Qassem Soleimani, the Iranian general killed by a US drone strike in Baghdad last week.
The mourners carried photographs of Soleimani, a revered and powerful figure who headed the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps elite Quds Force and led Iran's overseas operations.
Many of those on the streets of the Iranian capital were visibly upset and angry; others shouted "down with the USA" and "death to the USA."
Euronews:
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has prayed over the caskets of the top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani and others killed in a US airstrike near the Baghdad airport last week.
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RT Arabic:
Millions of Iranians took to the streets to attend the funeral procession of General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), and his companions and chanted slogans in condemnation of the US attack.
It was one of the largest processions in the history.
Asharq AL-awsat:
New IRGC Quds Force Head Esmail Qaani vowed to continue the path of Soleimani and expel US forces from the region.
Huge crowds have participated in the funeral procession of Soleimani and his daughter warned that dark days await the US.
Zeinab Soleimani said Trump should not think that everything is ended after the martyrdom of his father.
Al-Quds-Al-Arabi:
The Iranian people paid homage to their commander through their massive presence in the two Tehran streets of Enqelab and Azadi.
Al-Araby Al-Jadeed:
The new IRGC head said Iran is determined to expel US forces from the region.
Mourners chanted "Death to Israel", "Death to US" and "Harsh Revenge."
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