Iran supreme leader weeps for general killed by U.S. airstrike
By NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL, NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL, Associated Press
Published: January 6, 2020, 9:47am
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader wept Monday over the casket of a top general killed in a U.S. airstrike, his prayers joining the wails of mourners who flooded the streets of Tehran demanding retaliation against America for a slaying that’s drastically raised tensions across the Middle East.
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