Lebanese Hezbollah deputy chief in Tehran to pay respects after Soleimani killed
Lebanese Hezbollah’s Deputy Secretary-General, Naim Qassem, arrived at slain IRGC commander Qassem Soleimani’s house in Tehran on Sunday to pay respects, the Iranian semi-official Fars News Agency reported.
Fars also posted a video on its Twitter account showing the arrival of Qassem.
Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite IRGC - Quds Force, was killed in a US airstrike at Baghdad’s international airport on Friday.
Social media users have also been circulating a photo of Soleimani kissing the forehead of Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah.
Being circulated now by Hezbollah supporters on social media pic.twitter.com/4vDXSdx0vm
— David A. Daoud (@DavidADaoud) January 5, 2020
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