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Former Iraqi President Jalal Talabani laid to rest in Sulaymaniyah

Iraqi Kurdish honour guards carry the coffin of Iraqi ex-president Jalal Talabani during a ceremony at the airport in the Iraqi Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah on October 6, 2017. (Photo by AFP)

Ali Musawi
Press TV, Sulaymaniyah

Former Iraqi president and veteran Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani has been laid to rest in his hometown of Sulaymaniyah. Thousands of people, political figures and foreign diplomats, including Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif took part in the funeral ceremony. Our correspondent Ali Musawi attended the funeral and filed this report. 


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