Zeinab Soleimani, daughter of the slain general, called Trump the 'slave of Zionists' and the 'symbol of ignorance.'
reported, the funeral in Tehran reportedly drew millions of mourners, and cameras caught the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, weeping over the deceased general, with whom he was said to be close.
In remarks delivered Friday at Mar-a-Lago, his Florida estate, the president justified the strike by saying that troops under Soleimani's command had already killed many American service members and civilians in Iraq and were planning to kill more. Iranian mourners carry a picture of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, granting the Order of Zolfaghar, Iran's highest military honor, to Qassem Soleimani, left, during the latter's funeral procession in Tehran on January 6.However, critics of the president and the strike have charged that it has unnecessarily elevated tensions between the U.S. and Iran, which were already high after a strike in late December against Iran-backed Iraqi militias that killed 24 people.
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