TEHRAN (HRNW) At least 35 people have been killed in a stampede that erupted in the Iranian city of Kerman at the funeral procession for a top commander killed in a US air strike, Iran’s state TV said.
Another 48 people were wounded in Tuesday’s stampede, according to local media reports.
Hundreds of thousands of people had gathered in Kerman for the burial of Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, who was assassinated on Friday near the international airport of Iraq’s capital, Baghdad.
Initial videos posted online showed people lying lifeless on a road, others shouting and trying to help them.
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