Tensions rise in Middle East after death of Iraqi military leader

Mourners attend the funeral for Gen. Qassem Suleimani in Tehran.  (Associated Press)

Former Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps chief Mohamad Ali Jafari prays over Suleimani’s coffin.  (Handout)

Enghelab Square in Tehran during the funeral procession for Suleimani and others killed in the U.S. airstrike.  (Associated Press)

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,, fourth from left, leads a prayer during the funeral.  (Associated Press)

Iranian lawmakers chant anti-American and anti-Israeli slogans to protest against the U.S. killing of Iranian top general Qassem Suleimani, at the start of an open session of parliament in Tehran, Iran.  (Mohammad Hassanzadeh/Associated Press)

Police estimated the funeral turnout in Tehran to be in the millions.  (Abedin Taherkenareh / EPA/Shutterstock)

Mourners carry the coffin of slain Iraqi paramilitary chief Abu Mahdi Muhandis towards the Imam Ali Shrine in the shrine city of Najaf in central Iraq during a funeral procession.  (Haidar Hamdani / AFP/Getty Images)

Equipment assigned to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division is loaded into aircraft from Ft. Bragg, N.C.  (Zachary Vandyke / U.S. Department of Defense)

Mourners carry the coffins of slain Iraqi paramilitary chief Abu Mahdi Muhandis, Iranian military commander Qassem Suleimani and eight others Jan. 4 in Najaf, Iraq.  (Haidar Hamdani / AFP/Getty Images)

Anti-war activists march Jan. 4 from the White House to the Trump International Hotel in Washington.  (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP/Getty Images)

Mourners carry the coffin of slain Iraqi paramilitary chief Abu Mahdi Muhandis in Najaf, Iraq.  (Haidar Hamdani / AFP/Getty Images)

U.S. troops from the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division rest Jan. 4 at Ft. Bragg before deployment.   (Andrew Craft / Getty Images)

Thousands march in Tehran after the death of Gen. Qassem Suleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, in a U.S. airstrike.  (Abedin Taherkenareh / EPA/Shutterstock)

President Trump gives a statement from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.  (Jim Watson / AFP/Getty Images)

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei visits Suleimani’s family.  (AFP/Getty Images)

Iranians burn a U.S. flag during a protest in Tehran to condemn Suleimani’s killing.  (Abedin Taherkenareh / EPA/Shutterstock)

Suleimani in September 2018.  (Iranian Supreme Leader’s Office)

Iraqi anti-government protesters celebrate in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square after hearing the news of the airstrike that killed Suleimani.  (AFP )

The attack at Baghdad’s international airport also killed Abu Mahdi Muhandis, deputy commander of Iran-backed militias in Iraq known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, and six other people, according to Iraqi security officials.  (Handout)

Protesters burn property in front of the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Tuesday.   (Khalid Mohammed / Associated Press)

Iraqi protesters use a plumbing pipe to break the bulletproof glass of the U.S. Embassy’s windows.  (Ahmad al-Rubaye / AFP/Getty Images)

Smoke rises behind protesters at the embassy.   (Khalid Mohammed / Associated Press)

Protesters pry the U.S. Embassy plaque from the entrance of the compound.   (Ahmad al-Rubaye / AFP/Getty Images )

Demonstrators scale a wall to reach the U.S. Embassy grounds in Baghdad.   (Ahmad al-Rubaye / AFP/Getty Images)

Smoke pours from the embassy entrance.   (Ahmad al-Rubaye / AFP/Getty Images)

A man waves an Iraqi national flag as he exits a burning room at the U.S. Embassy compound.   (AFP/Getty Images)

Protesters wave militia flags during the embassy siege.   (Associated Press)

A fire burns during the embassy protest.   (Khalid Mohammed / Associated Press)

An Iraqi militia leader takes a selfie at a gate to the U.S. Embassy during the siege.   (Ahmad al-Rubaye / AFP/Getty Images )