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ABC News kicked off Sunday’s Good Morning America by marveling at the sea of mourners in the streets of Iran and hyping the Iranian politicians who gathered on the floor of their legislature to chant “death to America;” in the wake of the U.S. airstrike that killed Iranian general, Qasem Soleimani on Thursday.
“This comes as President Trump takes his saber-rattling to a new level,” chided co-host Whit Johnson after they showed off the massive crowd. “[In] a series of tweets, the President warning Iranians that if they strike back, quote, ‘we have targeted 52 Iranians sites representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago.’”
Senior foreign correspondent Ian Pannell was somber as he reported on the gatherings in Iran. “This morning, thousands of mourners on the streets in Iran. Symbolic caskets aloft. Weeping and chanting, ‘I am Soleimani.’ Three days of mourning declared after a U.S. drone strike at the Baghdad Airport killed Iran's top general and other major officials on Thursday night,” he reported.
He then hyped how, on Sunday, “members of the Iranian parliament unanimously chanted ‘Death to America’ with raised fists as their late leader's body was returned to southwest Iran.” Adding: “A red flag, symbolic of a declaration of revenge or war, raised above a key Iranian mosque, Saturday.”
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