Stampede kills several mourners at burial of Qassem Soleimani the Iranian military commander killed in a US airstrike.

Stampede kills several mourners at burial of Qassem Soleimani the Iranian military commander killed in a US airstrike

Dozens of 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 strike by the United States, according to officials.

“So far 40 people were killed and 213 others were wounded in the incident,” the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Tuesday, citing an emergency services official.