Dozens die in stampede at slain Iranian general's funeral

Dozens of mourners died Tuesday in a stampede at a massive funeral procession for a top Iranian general killed in a U.S. airstrike last week, local media reported.State-run Press TV said that at least 40 mourners died and as many as 213 were taken to hospital due to injuries caused by overcrowding.The stampede happened as the body of Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Revolutionary Guard's expeditionary Quds force, was being carried through the streets of Kerman, his hometown in southeastern Iran.The procession, which began at the city's Azadi Square, was initially scheduled to cul…READ FULL ARTICLE