Millions of Iranians mourn “Soleimani and his companions” in Tehran

SANAA, Jan. 6 (YPA) – Millions of people have gathered to the Iranian capital Tehran to take part in the funeral procession of the martyrdom of General Soleimani and his companions, who were killed last Friday in a US air strike.

The funeral of Commander Soleimani and his companions kicked off on Monday morning with a mass participation of millions of people .

The leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, Sayyed Ali Khamenei preformed the funeral prayer for  the martyr General Qassem Soleimani, a comrade at Tehran University.

Zainab Qassem Soleimani, the daughter of the martyr, said in a speech at the funeral ceremony ” let the world’s people know that the heart of the Iranian people is one of martyr Soleimani.”

She added that the leaders of the resistance in the region are able to bring down the conspiracy of the enemies, noting that the funeral of the two million martyrs in Iraq and Iran is a clear message to America.

The bodies of the martyrs, commander of the “Quds” forces of the Revolutionary Guard, Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, deputy chairman of the Popular Mobilization Force in Iraq, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis,  and their companions arrived in Tehran at dawn.

A large funeral was held for the Commanders Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and their companions on Saturday in Kadhimiyah, Karbala and Najaf, and after arriving in the country at dawn on Sunday. Also a grand funeral ceremony was held in the city of Ahvaz and then in Mashhad.

In a brutal US attack, the US forces’ drone targeted the car of the commander of the “Quds Force” in the Revolutionary Guard, and the martyr Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy chairman of the Popular Mobilization Force(PMF near Baghdad international airport on Friday.

E.M