Thousands Chant 'Death to America!' at Funeral of Top Iranian General Killed in American Airstrike

Thousands of furious mourners assembled in the streets of Baghdad for funeral processions for Qassem Solemeini, the Iranian general who died with him during yesterday's US airstrike alongside an Iraqi militia commander.

Daily Mail reported that the mourners chanted 'Death to America' and 'America is the Great Satan' as they walked beside the coffins of Soleimani, architect of Iran's global military strategy, and that of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis commander of a pro-Iran Iraqi militia in Baghdad on Saturday.

The procession began at the Imam Kadhim shrine in Baghdad, one of the most revered in Shia Islam. Mourners marched in the streets alongside militia vehicles in a solemn procession. 

Meanwhile thousands of angry demonstrators stood outside the UN offices in Iran's capital, demanding retribution for the killing of Soleimani. 

President Donald Trump has said that he ordered the killing of Soleimani to prevent war, adding that Soleimani was plotting 'imminent and sinister' attacks against Americans.

'We took action last night to stop a war. We did not take action to start a war,' the president said in brief remarks at Mar-a-Lago on Friday.