Burial is expected tuesday in his hometown in the southeastern part of the country. Meanwhi meanwhile, tehran is threatening harsh revenge that prompted a warning from the u. S. President who said the u. S. Has identified 52 iranian sites it could hit if iran retaliated for soleimanis death. Privately, the u. S. Administration is telling congress it fears a reprisal from iran could come within weeks. Back in baghdad where fridays strike took place, the Iraqi Parliament is expected to convene an emergency session in about an hours time. An awful lot to talk about and cnn correspondents fanened out across the region standing by with the very latest. Jamana is in baghdad and Nic Robertson is in baghdad and Matthew Chance joining us for perspective from moscow. Just how concerned are people there that any escalation between the u. S. And iran will end up with iraq and the iraqi people in the middle of all of this . You know, this is the biggest concern, becky. You speak to so many people h
City of mashhad. Thousands of people filling the streets even beyond what you see here. The body of top iranian general Qasem Soleimani was returned to his homeland. He was killed in an air strike on friday. A Funeral Service in tehran on monday and burial expected on tuesday in his hometown. Meantime, tehran threatening, quote, harsh revenge. That prompted a warning from the u. S. President who said that america has identified 52 iranian sites it could hit if iran retaliated for soleimanis death. Privately, the u. S. Administration is telling congress it fears a reprisal from iran could come within weeks. Well, back in baghdad where fridays strike took place, the Iraqi Parliament is expected to convene an emergency session at this hour. Theres a lot to talk about. Our correspondents fanned out around the region standing by with the very latest. Arwa damon is in baghdad. Nic robertson with rperspective and Nick Payton Walsh in beirut and ill begin in the iraqi capital where some are sa