BAGHDAD: Thousands of Iraqi mourners chanted "revenge" and "no to America" on Sunday, one year after a US drone strike killed Iran's revered commander Qasem Soleimani and his Iraqi lieutenant Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. Pro-Iranian supporters, many dressed in black, massed in Baghdad's central Tahrir Square to also condemn Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi as a "coward" and an "agent of the Americans".
The anniversary of the Baghdad drone strike -- which brought Washington and Tehran to the brink of war in early 2020 -- was also marked in recent days across Iran and by supporters in Syria, Lebanon, Yemen and elsewhere.
The lead up to the commemorations of the Shia Muslim commanders sharply heightened regional tensions in the weeks before US President Donald Trump, who ordered the killings, leaves the White House.
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