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Iranian people attend a funeral procession and burial for Iranian Major-General Qasem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, who was killed in an airstrike at Baghdad airport, at his hometown in Kerman, Iran, Jan. 7, 2020.

Iran fires missiles at Iraqi bases in retaliation for US strike on commander

January 7, 2020

Tehran fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles from Iranian territory against at least two Iraqi military bases hosting US-led coalition personnel, the US military said on Tuesday.

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