Scores of people were killed in a stampede as crowds of mourners packed streets for the funeral of a slain military Iranian commander in his hometown of Kerman on Tuesday, forcing his burial to be postponed.
Tens of thousands of Iranians gathered in Kerman to pay tribute to General Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Iraq on Friday.
A stampede broke out amid the crush, killing 32 people and injuring about 190.
Iran’s ISNA news agency said the burial of Soleimani had been postponed, but did not say how long any delay would last.
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The emergency medical services chief, Pirhossein Kolivand told state television without any further details that;
“today because of the heavy congestion of the crowd unfortunately a number of our fellow citizens who were mourning were injured and a number were killed”
The body of Soleimani, a national hero whose death has united many Iranians, had been taken to Iraqi and Iranian cities before arriving in Kerman for burial.
