Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Tuesday, July 16, 2024 80° Today's Paper


Photo Galleries

Thousands in Iraq mourn Iranian general killed by U.S.

1/21
Swipe or click to see more
VIDEO COURTESY REUTERS
Baghdad's streets were choked on Saturday with people paying respects to Iranian general Qassem Soleimani and others slain in the targeted U.S. air strike against him.
2/21
Swipe or click to see more

NASSER NASSER / ASSOCIATED PRESS

Mourners step over a U.S. flags with pictures of President Trump while waiting for the funeral of Iran's top general Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Iran-backed militias in Iraq known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday. Thousands of mourners chanting "America is the Great Satan" marched in a funeral procession Saturday through Baghdad for Iran's top general and Iraqi militant leaders, who were killed in a U.S. airstrike.
3/21
Swipe or click to see more

NASSER NASSER / ASSOCIATED PRESS

Mourners burn a U.S. flags during the funeral of Iran's top general Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Iran-backed militias in Iraq known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday.
4/21
Swipe or click to see more

NASSER NASSER / ASSOCIATED PRESS

Iraqi militiamen march and chant anti U.S. slogans while carrying a picture of Soleimani, left and al-Muhandis, with Arabic that reads "our Martyr leaders," during the funeral of Iran's top general Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Iran-backed militias in Iraq known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday.
5/21
Swipe or click to see more

ANMAR KHALIL / ASSOCIATED PRESS

Mourners carry the coffins of Iran's Gen. Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Iran-backed militias at the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, Iraq, Saturday Iran has vowed "harsh retaliation" for the U.S. airstrike near Baghdad's airport that killed Tehran's top general and the architect of its interventions across the Middle East, as tensions soared in the wake of the targeted killing.
6/21
Swipe or click to see more

ANMAR KHALIL / ASSOCIATED PRESS

Mourners carry the coffins of Iran's Gen. Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Iran-backed militias at the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, Iraq, Saturday.
7/21
Swipe or click to see more

ANMAR KHALIL / ASSOCIATED PRESS

Mourners carry the coffins of Iran's Gen. Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Iran-backed militias at the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, Iraq, Saturday.
8/21
Swipe or click to see more

KHALID MOHAMMED / ASSOCIATED PRESS

Mourners carry the coffins of Iran's top general Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Iran-backed militias in Iraq known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, during their funeral in Karbala, Iraq, Saturday.
9/21
Swipe or click to see more

KHALID MOHAMMED / ASSOCIATED PRESS

Mourners carry the coffins of Iran's top general Qassem Soleimani, in the poster, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Iran-backed militias in Iraq known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, during their funeral in the shrine of Imam Hussein in Karbala, Iraq, Saturday.
10/21
Swipe or click to see more

KHALID MOHAMMED / ASSOCIATED PRESS

Mourners chant slogans against the U.S. during the funeral of Iran's top general Qassem Soleimani, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Iran-backed militias in Iraq known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, in the shrine of Imam Hussein in Karbala, Iraq, Saturday.
11/21
Swipe or click to see more

KHALID MOHAMMED / ASSOCIATED PRESS

Shiite Muslims demonstrate over the U.S. airstrike that killed Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, in the posters, in Karbala, Iraq, Saturday.
12/21
Swipe or click to see more

KHALID MOHAMMED / ASSOCIATED PRESS

Shiite Muslims demonstrate over the U.S. airstrike that killed Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, in the posters, in front of Imam Abbas in Karbala, Iraq, Saturday.
13/21
Swipe or click to see more

KHALID MOHAMMED / ASSOCIATED PRESS

Mourners hold a poster with pictures of Iran's top general Qassem Soleimani, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Iran-backed militias during their funeral in the shrine of Imam Hussein in Karbala, Iraq, Saturday.
14/21
Swipe or click to see more

EBRAHIIM NOROOZI / ASSOCIATED PRESS

Member of the Iranian Basij paramilitary militia, affiliated to the Revolutionary Guard, mourn during a demonstration over the U.S. airstrike in Iraq that killed Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday.
15/21
Swipe or click to see more

EBRAHIIM NOROOZI / ASSOCIATED PRESS

Protesters demonstrate over the U.S. airstrike in Iraq that killed Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Tehran, Iran, Saturday.
16/21
Swipe or click to see more

EBRAHIIM NOROOZI / ASSOCIATED PRESS

Protesters demonstrate over the U.S. airstrike in Iraq that killed Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Tehran, Iran, Saturday.
17/21
Swipe or click to see more

EBRAHIIM NOROOZI / ASSOCIATED PRESS

Protesters demonstrate over the U.S. airstrike in Iraq that killed Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Tehran, Iran, Saturday.
18/21
Swipe or click to see more

EBRAHIIM NOROOZI / ASSOCIATED PRESS

Two Iranian weep while mourning during a demonstration over the U.S. airstrike in Iraq that killed Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday.
19/21
Swipe or click to see more

VAHID SALEMI / ASSOCIATED PRESS

A man scans front pages of Iranian newspapers at a news stand with pictures of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday.
20/21
Swipe or click to see more

VAHID SALEMI / ASSOCIATED PRESS

A pedestrian walks past banners showing portrait of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. airstrike early Friday in Iraq, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday.
21/21
Swipe or click to see more

IRANIAN PRESIDENCY OFFICE VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS

President Hassan Rouhani, second right, meets family of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in the U.S. airstrike in Iraq, at his home in Tehran, Iran, Saturday.