Karbala (IP) - A huge crowd of mourners gathered in the holy city of Karbala for the funeral procession of Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis who were assassinated in a US airstrike on early Friday.

Iran Press/Middle East: The body of this great martyr returns home tonight and the funeral procession will be continued in Mashhad tomorrow, Monday in Tehran, and eventually, it is going to be buried in Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani's home town, Kerman South Eastern Iran on Tuesday.

Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani, the commander of Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC), and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy commander of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), have been assassinated in an airstrike on the Baghdad International Airport in Iraq at the order of US President, Donald Trump.

The Iraqi people have held a funeral procession for the martyred legendary Iranian General Qasem Soleimani as well as the martyred Deputy Chief of Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, in Kadhimiya. 101/205

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