While millions mourn Soleimani in Iran, others celebrate demise
“Today we would have loved to, like the Iraqi people, celebrate in squares of our town, but unfortunately we have been taken hostage by the Islamic Republic and couldn't express our happiness.“
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani pray near the coffins of Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who were killed in an air strike at Baghdad airport, in Tehran, Iran, Ja(photo credit: OFFICIAL PRESIDENT WEBSITE/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)ByHERB KEINON