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January 7, 2020 at 12:35 AM CST - Updated January 7 at 10:15 AM
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - A stampede at a funeral for a top Iranian general slain in a U.S. airstrike has killed 56 people and injured 213 others.
Iranian state TV gave the updated death toll in the stampede in Kerman, the hometown of Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, as the procession got underway. There was no information as to what had set off the stampede.
Online videos showed people lying lifeless on a road and others shouting and trying to help them.
Soleimani’s burial was delayed, with no new time set for it. His death has sparked calls across Iran for revenge against America, drastically raising tensions across the Middle East.
Earlier in the day, Hossein Salami, the leader of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, threatened to “set ablaze” places supported by the U.S. over the killing of Soleimani, sparking cries of “Death to Israel!”
A procession in Tehran on Monday drew over 1 million people to the Iranian capital, crowding both main thoroughfares and side streets.
United States officials are braced for Iran to respond to the killing of its most powerful general.
They’ve warned ships across Mideast waterways crucial to global energy supplies about the “possibility of Iranian action" against them.
They’re noting heightened levels of military readiness in the country and are preparing for a possible attempt on the life of an American military commander. The U.S. is reinforcing its positions in the region.
Trump ordered the Jan. 2 strike against Soleimani after the death of an American contractor in Iraq.
U.S. officials believe the next steps by America’s longtime foe will determine the ultimate course of the latest crisis. Iran has vowed revenge.
Soleimani’s killing Friday in Baghdad has drastically raised regional tensions and escalated a crisis between Washington and Tehran.
Iran’s foreign minister claimed Tuesday that the U.S. has declined to issue him a visa to attend UN meetings in New York amid the tensions.
Oil tankers were targeted in mine attacks last year the U.S. blamed on Iran. Tehran denied being responsible though it did seize oil tankers around the crucial Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which 20% of the world’s crude oil travels.
Iran already said it will no longer honor any of the limits of its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, an accord President Trump withdrew from in May 2018.
January 7, 2020 at 12:35 AM CST - Updated January 7 at 10:15 AM
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - A stampede at a funeral for a top Iranian general slain in a U.S. airstrike has killed 56 people and injured 213 others.
Iranian state TV gave the updated death toll in the stampede in Kerman, the hometown of Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, as the procession got underway. There was no information as to what had set off the stampede.
Online videos showed people lying lifeless on a road and others shouting and trying to help them.
Soleimani’s burial was delayed, with no new time set for it. His death has sparked calls across Iran for revenge against America, drastically raising tensions across the Middle East.
Earlier in the day, Hossein Salami, the leader of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, threatened to “set ablaze” places supported by the U.S. over the killing of Soleimani, sparking cries of “Death to Israel!”
A procession in Tehran on Monday drew over 1 million people to the Iranian capital, crowding both main thoroughfares and side streets.
United States officials are braced for Iran to respond to the killing of its most powerful general.
They’ve warned ships across Mideast waterways crucial to global energy supplies about the “possibility of Iranian action" against them.
They’re noting heightened levels of military readiness in the country and are preparing for a possible attempt on the life of an American military commander. The U.S. is reinforcing its positions in the region.
Trump ordered the Jan. 2 strike against Soleimani after the death of an American contractor in Iraq.
U.S. officials believe the next steps by America’s longtime foe will determine the ultimate course of the latest crisis. Iran has vowed revenge.
Soleimani’s killing Friday in Baghdad has drastically raised regional tensions and escalated a crisis between Washington and Tehran.
Iran’s foreign minister claimed Tuesday that the U.S. has declined to issue him a visa to attend UN meetings in New York amid the tensions.
Oil tankers were targeted in mine attacks last year the U.S. blamed on Iran. Tehran denied being responsible though it did seize oil tankers around the crucial Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which 20% of the world’s crude oil travels.
Iran already said it will no longer honor any of the limits of its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, an accord President Trump withdrew from in May 2018.
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