I was here myself, about two years ago. It was in the middle of the pandemic, and it was 3 am on a cold night.

Kerman is Soleimani's home town, and there is not really anything special there, but he insisted to be buried as an ordinary soldier in his city. I decided to go visit.

At 3 am on an ordinary week day, dozens of Iranians sat by his grave, reciting poetry, reading the Quran, and bringing flowers. The atmosphere was serene.

As I was leaving, after I paid my respects, I saw a small child, probably about 9 or 10 years old walking up to the grave. He put his cheek on it, kissed the grave, laid a rose and left. The child was crying for a man he never knew nor ever met.

This is the picture that I took, an illustration to the story above.

The boy, who never knew or met this man in his life, brought a flower and kissed his grave.

That's the power of Martyr Soleimani: 'Commander of the Hearts'. He was known as the father of the orphans. If only he was still there for the orphans of Gaza.

— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 BREAKING: Explosion in Southern Beirut; cause unknown, some witnesses mentioned a drone strike - Tasnim

@Middle_East_Spectator

— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 Another video of the explosion in South Beirut, Dahye neighbourhood

@Middle_East_Spectator

— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧/🇵🇸 BREAKING: A senior Palestinian official was targeted in the Israeli drone strike in Southern Beirut

– An informed source via Ali Hashem, Al Jazeera English Correspondent on Twitter

@Middle_East_Spectator

— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧/🇵🇸 Lebanese National News Agency: A hostile Israeli drone targeted a Hamas office in Southern Beirut

@Middle_East_Spectator

— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧/🇵🇸 BREAKING: Senior Palestinian official killed in explosion in Beirut’s southern suburbs – Reuters

@Middle_East_Spectator

— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧/🇵🇸 BREAKING: Unconfirmed reports that Osama Hamdan, senior Hamas official & politburo member, was killed in the explosion in Beirut

UPDATE: Hamas officials have since denied these claims.

@Middle_East_Spectator

Keep in mind, it is NOT CONFIRMED yet. But sadly, it is very likely the news is true.

— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 NEW: Hamas officials deny the death of politburo member Osama Hamdan to Lebanese media

@Middle_East_Spectator

Keep in mind, I am only reporting what's going around, do not use unconfirmed info!

Misinformation is huge in these times.

— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 UPDATE: At least 4 confirmed deaths as per Lebanese state media

@Middle_East_Spectator

— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧/🇵🇸 BREAKING: Hezbollah's Al-Manar confirms the death of Saleh Al-Arouri, Deputy Chairman of Hamas' politburo and one of the founding commanders of the Al-Qassam brigade, in the Israeli assassination in Southern Beirut

@Middle_East_Spectator

— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 GRAPHIC: Picture of the assassinated Hamas leader, Saleh Al-Arouri, going around on social media, after the Israeli strike

@Middle_East_Spectator

— 6 confirmed deaths now

— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 NEW: Hamas confirms the death of Saleh Al-Arouri and two other commanders of Al-Qassam in Beirut

@Middle_East_Spectator

📃 Do not think there is a change on the scheduled speech tomorrow.

The first one to post to on X was the one to deny it later on.