translated from Spanish: Ceremony of homage to General Soleimani in Iran begins

A human tide invaded the streets of Ahvaz on Sunday (05.01.2020) to receive the body of the powerful commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Qasem Soleimaní, killed by the United States on Friday in Iraq, at the gr “Death to America,” “Death to Israel” and “Death to Saudi Arabia.” The first of several funeral ceremonies in Iran that will honor the general is this one from the city of Ahvaz, in the southwest of the country and bordering Iraq, and at noon the remains will be moved to the holy city of Mashad (northeast) and then to Tehran.
Soleimani’s body arrived before dawn at the airport of this city of southwestern Iran of strong Arab minority, according to the semi-official agency Isna. The remains of the vice-president of the Iraqi Shia militia Multitud Popular, Abu Mahdi al Mohandes, and other members of the group killed on Friday are part of the funeral procession in Iran as they are mixed with those of Soleimani and will need to be tested Dna. After these tests, the remains of the Iraqis will be returned to their country, where yesterday funeral processions were also held in Baghdad and other cities.
Men and women were crying and banging their chests to the rhythm of a Shiite intonation that repeated “You have fulfilled your dream, you have found Imam Hussein. Oh! You’ve fulfilled your dream.” The grandson of Muhammad, Imam Hussein is one of chiism’s most revered holy figures, and the faithful often refer to him as the “Lord of martyrs”.
The mobilization in this city, capital of Juzestan, martyr province during the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988) in which Soleimani began to shine, marks the beginning of three days of ceremonies in his honor in his native country, after which they took place on Saturday in Iraq. The funerals will continue tomorrow in Tehran, where the main funeral will be held, and will end in Soleimaní’s hometown of Kerman in the south of the country.

Original source in Spanish