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Dozens killed in stampede at Soleimani's funeral: Iran state TV
Huge crowds of mourners pack the streets of Kerman, the hometown of Iranian military commander killed in US air strike.
At least 32 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 an air attack by the United States, Iran's state television said.
Initial videos posted online showed people lying lifeless on a road, others shouting and trying to help them.
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.
The burial was postponed, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported, without providing more details.