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Iran considers retaliation options as it buries slain commander

Iranian people attend a funeral procession and burial for Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, who was killed in an airstrike at Baghdad airport, at his hometown in Kerman, Iran January 7, 2020. Mehdi Bolourian/Fars News Agency/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Iran is considering 13 scenarios to avenge the killing of a top Iranian military commander in Iraq by a US drone attack, a senior Tehran official said on Tuesday as the general’s body was brought to his hometown for burial.

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