Nigeria, Jan. 7 -- Dozens of people died in a stampede that erupted when hundreds of thousands of mourners thronged the Iranian city of Kerman at a funeral procession in honour of Qassem Soleimani, a top Iranian general who was killed in an air strike in Baghdad by the United States.

Over 200 others have been reportedly injured, Al Jazeera reported, quoting the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Tuesday.

"So far, 40 people were killed and 213 others were wounded in the incident," officials said, due to "overcrowding."

Officials said the funeral rites have been postponed without stating a new date in view.

The postponed burial comes after the streets of Ahvaz in southwestern Iran, Mashhad in the northwest, Tehran and the holy c...