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| Iran: deadly crush at Qassem Suleimani burial procession - latest updates | |
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| Mourners are crushed in city of Kerman during procession for general killed by US drone strike | Mourners are crushed in city of Kerman during procession for general killed by US drone strike |
| The killing of Suleimani by the United States was an act of state terrorism and Iran will respond proportionately, Iranian foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, has told CNN. | |
| He said: “This is an act of aggression against Iran, and it amounts to an armed attack against Iran, and we will respond. But we will respond proportionately.” | |
| Zarif also said Donald Trump was threatening an international war crime by pledging to attack cultural sites if Iran retaliates against Suleimani’s killing. | |
| Fars new agency has released helicopter footage showing the huge crowds that have gathered for Suleimani’s burial in his hometown of Kerman. | |
| Iran’s state media have revised down the casualty figures from the funeral crush to 32 and 190 injured. | |
| Fars News agency cited Iran’s head of emergency services, Pirhossein Kolivand, for the revised figure. | |
| Germany is reducing its troop numbers in Iraq for security reasons after the US killing of Suleimani. | Germany is reducing its troop numbers in Iraq for security reasons after the US killing of Suleimani. |
| It is the first coalition withdrawal since the Iraqi parliament voted on Sunday to call for the withdrawal of US forces from the country. The non-binding resolution has prompted a chaotic response from US officials. | It is the first coalition withdrawal since the Iraqi parliament voted on Sunday to call for the withdrawal of US forces from the country. The non-binding resolution has prompted a chaotic response from US officials. |
| The German decision – set out in a letter from the defence minister, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, and the foreign minister, Heiko Maas, to the German parliament – underlines the extent to which the assassination may have weakened the years-long efforts of the coalition forces to fight Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Nato has already announced that all training of Iraqi forces has been suspended. | The German decision – set out in a letter from the defence minister, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, and the foreign minister, Heiko Maas, to the German parliament – underlines the extent to which the assassination may have weakened the years-long efforts of the coalition forces to fight Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Nato has already announced that all training of Iraqi forces has been suspended. |
| A senior Iranian official said Tehran was considering 13 scenarios to avenge Suleimani’s killing, according to the state-backed Fars news agency. | |
| “We will take revenge, a hard and definitive revenge,” the head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, Gen Hossein Salami, told mourners in Kerman. | |
| Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and military commanders have said Iranian retaliation for the US action on Friday would match the scale of Soleimani’s killing but that it would be at a time and place of Tehran’s choosing. | |
| Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of the supreme national security council, said 13 “revenge scenarios” were being considered, Fars news agency reported. Even the weakest option would prove “a historic nightmare for the Americans”, he said. | |
| Trump has threatened strikes on 52 Iranian targets, including cultural sites, if Iran retaliates. | Trump has threatened strikes on 52 Iranian targets, including cultural sites, if Iran retaliates. |
| Boris Johnson is to chair a meeting of the national security council and the foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, is to travel to Brussels for talks with his European counterpart, PA Media reports. | Boris Johnson is to chair a meeting of the national security council and the foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, is to travel to Brussels for talks with his European counterpart, PA Media reports. |
| Welcome to live coverage of the continuing aftermath from the US killing of Qassem Suleimani amid reports of a deadly crush at his funeral procession. | Welcome to live coverage of the continuing aftermath from the US killing of Qassem Suleimani amid reports of a deadly crush at his funeral procession. |
| According to an initial state TV report, 35 people were killed in the incident at Kerman, Suleimani’s home town, where his burial is taking place. | According to an initial state TV report, 35 people were killed in the incident at Kerman, Suleimani’s home town, where his burial is taking place. |
| Videos posted online showed people lying lifeless on a road, with others shouting and trying to help them. The crush was reported to have started when the burial procession got under way. | Videos posted online showed people lying lifeless on a road, with others shouting and trying to help them. The crush was reported to have started when the burial procession got under way. |
| Iranian TV gave the casualty toll in its online report, without saying where it obtained the information. | Iranian TV gave the casualty toll in its online report, without saying where it obtained the information. |
| Pirhossein Koulivand, the head of Iran’s emergency medical services, earlier spoke by telephone to state TV and confirmed the incident took place. | Pirhossein Koulivand, the head of Iran’s emergency medical services, earlier spoke by telephone to state TV and confirmed the incident took place. |
| “Unfortunately as a result of the stampede, some of our compatriots have been injured and some have been killed during the funeral processions,” he said. | “Unfortunately as a result of the stampede, some of our compatriots have been injured and some have been killed during the funeral processions,” he said. |
| A procession in Tehran on Monday drew more than 1 million people in the Iranian capital, crowding both main thoroughfares and side streets in Tehran. | A procession in Tehran on Monday drew more than 1 million people in the Iranian capital, crowding both main thoroughfares and side streets in Tehran. |