56 People Killed at Iranian General Soleimani's Funeral (Updated)
More than 200 people were injured.
At least 40 people were killed and another 213 were injured during the funeral procession and farewell ceremony for Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, killed on January 3 in a US airstrike.
UPD: As of 19:30, the death toll has risen to 56.
As reported by Associated Press, on Tuesday, January 7, people were injured in a crush during a farewell ceremony in the general's hometown of Kerman, where his body had been brought.
Later, authorities said they were postponing the funeral. Unofficially, the reason was concern over the huge crowd gathering to see off the general. However, no new date was announced.
The day before, a farewell ceremony for Soleimani was held in Tehran. The procession drew more than 1 million people.
The general is planned to be buried next to the graves of two of his military comrades, who were killed during Iran's Operation Dawn 8 in the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s, in which Soleimani himself also fought.
Earlier on Tuesday, January 7, Iran's parliament backed an amendment to the bill on US countermeasures, which designated the US Department of Defense as a terrorist organization.
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