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Hundreds of thousands of mourners on Tuesday took to the streets of Kerman in Iran, the hometown of Qasem Soleimani, the Iranian Major General who was killed in a US attack, to attend the funeral of the top commander. An estimated seven million mourners took part in Monday's funeral in Tehran, according to the Coordination Council for Islamic Propagation.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Soleimani's daughter Zeinab also participated in Monday's procession.

From the early hours of Tuesday, large crowds of black-clad mourners began filling the streets of Kerman.

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