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4 year oldThe procession began at the Imam Kadhim shrine in Baghdad, one of the most revered sites in Shiite Islam. Mourners marched in the streets alongside militia vehicles in a solemn procession.
Soleimani, the mastermind of Iran's regional security strategy, was killed in a pre-dawn in an airstrike near the city's airport.
Iran has vowed harsh retaliation, raising fears of an all-out war.
In other key developments on Saturday:
The funeral mourners, mostly men in black military fatigues, carried Iraqi flags and the flags of Iran-backed militias that are fiercely loyal to Soleimani. They were also mourning Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, a senior Iraqi militia commander who was killed in the same strike.
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