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    Ayatollah Weeps And Iranians Rail Against U.S. During Funeral For Slain Commander

    Caskets holding the bodies of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani and others killed in a U.S. drone strike last week in Iraq were paraded though the streets of Tehran as mourners chanted "death to America."
    by Becky Sullivan Jan 06, 2020 3 minutes
    People crowd the streets in Tehran on Monday to pay respects to Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the commander of Iran's elite Quds Force who was killed last week in a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad.

    Updated at 11:45 a.m. ET

    Vast crowds thronged the streets of Tehran on Monday to pay respects to Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the commander of Iran's elite Quds Force who was killed last week in a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad.

    In a eulogy, Soleimani's daughter appeared to threaten U.S. forces in the region, and the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, wept for the fallen general.

    Zeinab Soleimani, her voice broadcast to mourners by loudspeakers, warned that "the families of the American soldiers

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