Hello, im ros atkins, this is outside source. Huge crowds have attended the funeral procession of the Iranian Military commander who was killed by the us on friday. This was the scene in tehran earlier, where huge crowds turned out for qasim suleimani, with many people chanting death to america. His daughter addressed the crowd. Translation crazy trump, arrogant, and a plaything of zionism. Dont think that everything is over with my fathers martyrdom. Meanwhile in the us questions are being asked about the justification for the drone strike, and President Trump has again said cultural sites in iran could be targetted. And well have the latest on the australian bushfires theres a fear a number of fires could merge to form whats being called a mega blaze. Hundreds of thousands of iranians have filled the streets of tehran to mourn Qasem Soleimani. He was irans most senior military commander and he was assassinated on friday. Some pictures coming in, this is the supreme some pictures comi
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although no group has yet claimed to have carried it out. the iranian supreme leader, ayatollah khomeini warned of a harsh response. it is the deadliest attack in the country in decades and can only increase tensions in a region that is already a tinderbox. caroline hawley, bbc news. here s bahman kalbasi, bbc persian s un correspondent with more. obviously the first hours was more of shock, especially given the high number of casualties. and this kind of bombing is not unprecedented, we ve had explosions like this in other government sponsored events. but to see this many people die especially in the second explosion that happened 20 minutes later, where people gathered to help the first explosion s victims clearly put it on a scale that is somewhat unprecedented. in reality,
it is the deadliest attack in the country in decades. it can only increase tensions in a region that is already a tinderbox. caroline hawley, bbc news. bahman kalbasi is the bbc persian s un correspondent. obviously the first hours was more of shock, especially given the high number of casualties. and this kind of bombing is not unprecedented, we ve had explosions like this in other government sponsored events. but to see this many people die especially in the second explosion that happened 20 minutes later, where people gathered to help the first explosion s victims clearly put it on a scale that is somewhat unprecedented. in reality, the deficit of trust in the iranian government, in large proportions of the iranian public, is so deep that their assessment of who has done it and how it has