in a corner where it's not a question of if iran will respond but the question of when and where iran will respond to essentially i don't think iran has any choice but to respond to this attack let's bring in any government there in london ellie i mean it's an interesting observation is it not because many u.s. administrations have blamed iran for years about its destabilizing activities right across the region so has president trump finally done the one thing that so many other u.s. presidents were too scared to do what we're seeing is now both sides iran and the u.s. over the past anything particularly in iraq really if we do we find out that lives that are not engaged and so they've gone from 6 months ago of attacking military installations or drones friends on whole to now targeting us now this us attack comes after and number of heated exchanges in iraq over the past we whether happy if they got it but such a high ranking of fascination on the u.s. side is going to really draw the right lines are. wrong this fall and it's going to open up a whole new space i think of iran to up t

although iran does support them iran has made its choice and has shown its retaliates reaction douglas has of the u.s. administration under trump in a way or another undermined it's funny in policy in the region because it looks really absurd you know where another do the talking about putting out from iraq the asking of the iraqi government to take side of the iraqi government finds itself in a position where he has to strike a balancing act it seems that this is an absolute uncharted waters for the united states of america in the middle east i think it is absolutely uncharted and i think even the administration's allies. they're saying you know it might have been much more prudent to restrain all the retaliatory strikes for the death of the contractor and cook cook and even for the breaching of the u.s. embassy keep all that retaliation in syria and keep iraq out of this keep the fight out of iraq unfortunately that ship has now sailed and we are where we are with regard to the russian forces i both agree and disagree with with our rainy and friend here gree that these are not purely

is being laid to rest in iran. there is a lot of fear and anxiety and just worry about what's to come and what customs in amman his assassination is cause fear among iranian americans in the united states . it's just going to tell you i'm in baghdad 830 in teheran it is midnight in washington d.c. i'm kemal santa maria following developments here on al-jazeera out of the gulf this wednesday the top line is that iran has launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles at 2 iraqi air bases which host u.s. forces this is in response to the assassination of the iranian general qassam so the money it was killed in a u.s. drone strike on friday it's the analysts that air base in anbar province which was hit also another air base in erbil was targeted no wood yet on any casualties but iran's revolutionary guard has also warned of a harsh response if the u.s. retaliates against these attacks and also says u.s. allies will be attacked if their countries are used for strikes against terror. the other development is that the us

iran appears to be standing down. tries to dial down tensions with iran and wants europe to take on a bigger role in the middle east. rons president says the real revenge for the assassination of a top general willing to push america out of the region. from doha everyone i'm come on santa maria with the world news from al-jazeera in the headlines questions still over what caused the crash of an airliner in the iran 176 people were killed and straightest bushfire crisis will be live in sydney as firefighters and residents brace themselves for the return of dangerous weather conditions. so u.s. president donald trump says iran appears to be standing down after a series of air strikes on iraqi military bases hosting u.s. troops strikes for of course in retaliation for the assassination of the top iranian come on the cost and so many trump said he will be imposing new sanctions on tehran until it changes its behavior we'll start with this report from our white house correspondent kelly home because. with the u.s. and iran

is telling iran we are not. robert for the europeans to be able to get their act together act as a mediator do they really understand that trump is unpredictable that the iranians feel like with the assassination of custom silly manny that their stature as the most powerful regional player has been completely compromised by this act and that ultimately if they don't exact revenge their image bites suffer massively in this part of the world what should the europeans do it gets a backdrop of this complex political landscape to move forward well that's a good question but i mean in order to be able to answer that we have to take a step back and look at what kind of a beast is the european union itself and i mean the european union has in the last couple of years been ridden by different kinds of internal problems and conflicts between various groups or member states and has to deal with bret's it and the fact that the brits have a slightly different approach to the united states than even the french or the germans

where the whole iran has been experiencing. more support after the sustentation of course than for the money you saw hundreds of thousands of people out on the streets now this could change that because this is the 1988. disaster where the u.s. navy shutdown uranian flight is still fresh in the memory of people here president rouhani used it against donald trump after dark trump said there were target 52 sites in iran including cultural sites if iran responded to the united states president rouhani said how about the ring in iran those shut down and mention the $290.00 victims of that so that's still fresh in the memory of iranians internationally well it just doesn't look good for iran they denied it they spent the last few days saying that it definitely wasn't a missile even though the countries are saying that they had intelligence and dislikes like the iranian military is has put their hands up and said yes we made a mistake it was human error we're sorry and now they're going to have to explain themselves to the ring in pu

is strategy is with with iran what is it that they really want from iran. that's a very good question and i think everybody asks what is the u.s. strategy because we have a u.s. president who seems to announce traction on twitter in a pretty much unique way of policy making and nobody really quite expected that he was going to order that assassination across some sort of money at the timing that he did and it doesn't seem to have been any real announcements of any additional strategy on iran i think what we can sort of piece together is that the united states will keep up its maximum pressure strategy on iran that it will continue to put pressure on the european powers to adopt that stretches well so expect plenty of american pressure on germ. me on france on other countries to do what you know britain has just done but also i think from the u.s. perspective directly on iran i mean i think it's one thing on his bollard but the really big prize it is iran itself and i think that's really what you saw with the assassination of sort of money is the united stat

in the process is because iran does not have that kind of deterrence so if you're sitting in iran you would say it was a catastrophic mistake to have the nuclear deal with obama because by giving up that that even what we had. we actually invited american pressure and we went to the table too soon we should have pursued persisted we should have got the bomb and i think that's where eventually we're going to end up with iran and as we escalate they're going to look more and more for for protecting themselves which is they're going to march down the nuclear plant i don't see any right now way in which the administration says left for the iranians to come back to the table valley where is he meeting general soli money an evil man who deserved to be taken out well again let's not come flayed these things he's a general generals are bureaucrats they implement orders that they're given their orders that. the other is not here is the amount of blood in his hand but there are values in their mind there's never a bloody 100 i mean even even democratically are great but i didn't try all start t

and iraq i'm sorry between iran and the united states is really traced back to 1979 and the iran hostage crisis and that's when 52 american diplomats were held hostage in the u.s. embassy in tehran for 444 days in 1989 after that the 2 countries basically cut off all diplomatic ties for the last 40 years and have been fighting essentially a proxy war between tehran and washington all of this time iraq right now in many ways is in consequential to what's going on it now poems make no mistake about it a battle between iran and the united states that's been going on for so long now but now this is in uncharted territory with the killing of solo money because this is taken this this really a proxy war if you will between these 2 countries. to a whole new level that we have never seen before and now what we're waiting for and what the world is really waiting for to see is how will iran respond we will be respond quare when will iran respond nobody except the iranian government leadership knows the answers to those questions but clearly this is in turning a phase now that could have a long las

iran appears to be standing down. donald trump seeks to dial down tensions with iran and wants europe to take on a bigger role in the middle east. iran's president says the real revenge this as a nation of its top general will be to push america out of the region. hello and welcome peter w. watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here and also coming up questions remain over the course the crash of an aircraft in iran 176 people were killed including dozens of canadians. want to express my deepest condolences to those who are mourning the loss of a loved one. also ahead 5 years in the making and finally opening the russia stands to benefit from a new gas pipeline through turkey. top story the u.s. president on will trump says iran appears to be standing after a series of air strikes on iraqi military bases hosting u.s. forces the strikes were in retaliation for the assassination of the top iranian commander qassam siller money he was killed in a u.s. drone strike in baghdad on friday mr trump said he'll be impo

and iran. also ahead one of the largest evacuations in a strangely as history is under way with hot weather and strong winds expected to worsen already devastating wildfires. well it's 18 gnc 9 pm in baghdad on at 10 stay a cross the middle east's iran has vowed to retaliate strongly after the u.s. killed the commander who spearheaded to han's military operations across the region major general qassam saw him on a no the air strike targeting solo money occurred on a road at baghdad airport just a day after pearl iran protesters ended a siege at the u.s. embassy in iraq near the pentagon says president donald trump ordered the attack to protect u.s. personnel abroad the u.s. embassy in baghdad has no urged all americans to leave iraq immediately iran's supreme leader has called for 3 days of national mourning ayatollah ali how many warned of harsh revenge and said the attack would double sounds resolved to resist the united states. ates iraq's prime minister says the strike will spark a devastat

actions towards iran and iran's actions in recent weeks wouldn't it be right for the u.s. to say we have to defend our interests and the interests of our friends and allies in the region against iranian aggression. well you have to give me a few minutes here 1st of all who started the war in yemen who invaded the country who imposed starvation on the country with the united states and saudi arabia that have carried out crimes against humanity and the europeans are just as complicit who invaded iraq who armed saddam hussein in the 1st place who gave saddam hussein chemical weapons use against iranians and his own people it was the europeans and the united states who then attacked iraq and destroyed the infrastructure who then imposed sanctions on the country where up to a 1000000 people died under those sanctions who then invaded iraq and destroyed the country it was the the american regime that did that who is continues to act with impunity in iraq and murders iraqi soldiers who are fighting isis it is the regime in washington who created al qaeda in afghanistan who create

iran and the severe pressure even in iran being isolated and you have the same time the friend of the united states and not involved in for years and suddenly you become an important player when it comes to the it seems the timing the the geopolitics what's happening around them is also determine the money move or what they would they would they do again if you look at their role in yemen now for a while a man was monitoring the situation a man was calling for peace a man did not. reject to be a part of the size of the storm and but at the end of the day they found themselves in good they found themselves the center of negotiation and mediate. receiving a hoot isn't it so it seems they managed to distance himself for a while but the changes actually come just behind the door and when the changes come behind the door they found him so no no way but to be engaged that did he get his people to get involved in these various kind of dog whistle issues that he was involved in or did it to him self i'm thinking here as a big was mentioning they're talking to tehran 201120123 american hikers

in a corner where it's not a question of if iran will respond but a question of when and where iran will respond to essentially i don't think iran has any choice but to respond to this attack let's bring in any government there in london ellie i mean it's an interesting observation is it not because many u.s. administrations have blamed iran for years about its destabilizing activities right across the region so has president trump finally done the one thing that so many other u.s. presidents were too scared to do. what we're seeing is now both sides iran and the us over the past anything particularly in iraq we leave we don't we formed a guideline the rules of engagement so they've gone from 6 months ago of attacking military installations or drones friends on hold to not targeting personnel this u.s. attack comes after and number of heated exchanges in iraq over the past week whether happy. but such a high ranking of fascination on the us is going to really lead to all the right lines or at how wrong this falls and it's going to open up a whole new space i think for iran to offer

iran it's the neighborhood and iran it's of many his study comes that it should do that with the iraqi even between the people of both people and politest between that in our care and under bullets then we know that in our key is the vetting critique situation now because they cannot be with what side against the other then i think is the best way to be the mediator ought to be a between them but i think it's very difficult now because a iran needs it within their own all the american forces and they don't want an admission ship with american and that many can want to go into government to be away from any other ship with iran they want to make iraq as a base of order to attack iran or to to stop any and it of lobbying for any things in iran in orbit that i think it's bad but now after that that's a quantum of what that the problem today i think it's a suitable time for that and i could time for the iraqi government to be a mediator between both sides because they if i think are on i want to have i think the next week the iraqi women iraqi government that i could british they will it p

ambassador be kicked out while others rally against iran's government. the president did say with that was a potential he didn't cite a specific piece of evidence and all this says more questions are raised about the threat science had by donald trump to justify the killing of a rainy and general custom solum on the. hello there i'm the star of the attack and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up begins 3 days of mourning after 89 soldiers are killed in an attack on a military camp. and more love from an erupting volcano in the philippines that's forced thousands to flee and shut down the nellis air force. now there have been protests across iran for a 2nd day increasing pressure on its leaders after they admitted that the military accidentally shot down a ukrainian airliner but there have also been rallies against the u.k. by those who say its government is trying to stir up chaos and on the diplomatic front katz's a mia arrived in tehran pushing for talks to resolve the crisis with the u.s. forces barry reports. an important ally on an impor

and that in iran the u.s. the u.s. faces its most significant adversary since world war 2 can you speak to the capacity of iran to if indeed this this is some predicting to carry out the courthouse for avenge that the supreme leader of iran is promising. well law iran has vast options. it's no secret that iran has powerful allies all across the region from east to west in the middle east for sure or the iraqis would definitely go for a real taking revenge for abu mohammed this man the deputy commander of iraq's popular forces has to shabby for sure that that's the revenge that has already been apparently announced by the iraqi forces popular forces but when it comes to iran iran has so many other options available iran has a robust myside power i don't remember quite well that marshall xeni the former centcom commander in doha. stressed in 2013 on the eve of the geneva convention treaty with iran to nuclear deal with iran he said even those fools that would of thought that would think that the iraqis would you

to make sure that iran's interests are secured in the region to make sure that iran stays stable and secure those to thank you joining us there from toronto but of course there is a lot of reaction coming in from different sources to this story and the u.s. actions provoked a strong reaction in political circles in washington democratic house speaker nancy pelosi has accused the trump of destruction of putting american service members diplomats and others at risk is what she said in her statement to the arts is strike risks provoke you through the dangerous escalation of violence america and the world cannot afford to have tensions escalate to the point of no return the full congress must be immediately briefed on the situation of the syria situation and all the next steps including the significant escalation of deployment of additional troops to the region. of us on easy in washington d.c. and joins us now predictably this is study to harden along partisan lines there's been a whole lot of reaction today from political sources as well as official comment as well take us through what

blames iran. and iran huge crowds have been in mourning and demanding revenge for solem of his death an immediate diplomatic solution to the crisis seems unlikely both sides have to be really through engage in diplomacy and right now i i fear that i do not see that i do not see either side the iranian or the american willing to do the things necessary to engage in diplomacy if. iran wants u.s. forces to permanently leave the gulf region and it says there will be a harsh response to any further u.s. retaliation rob matheson al-jazeera. was also jabari joins us now from tehran and there are some lots of reaction coming from iran today let's just start with jovan sorry for myself was he sends and the scorning. well the foreign minister was at the weekly cabinet meeting and i think his message was one that was shared by all the other cabinet members of president rouhani government and that is that this is a proportionate response and this is something that the iranians had to do and it is now up to th

in control iran. there was so much anger on the streets anyway lawrence do you get the sense that that anger could pivot one way or the other now oh i think so many think it will get worse because obviously you killed this leader but it wasn't on the battlefield it was killed you know and he was not actually confronting the united states or leading troops in battle at this particular flight he was coming in with an iraqi military leader to baghdad i guess it was sense the situation and so yes i do think that people are going to say this was you know an assassination that was under battlefield that's lawrence as you're talking to us we're just going to play in some pictures that we've just received here at al-jazeera is people actually celebrating the death of salome as the news has begun to spread adjacent to tahrir square in the iraqi capital baghdad these pictures being filmed at 4 30 in the morning local time. that's astonishing that the news to spread lawrence so quickly is not astonishing may be

blames iran and iran huge crowds have been in mourning. and demanding revenge for so money's death an immediate diplomatic solution to the crisis seems unlikely . both sides have to be really through engage in diplomacy and right now i fear that i do not see that i do not see either side the iranian or the american willing to do the things necessary to engage in diplomacy. iran wants u.s. forces to permanently leave the gulf region and it says there will be a harsh response to any further u.s. retaliation rob matheson al jazeera. iran's president says revenge t.v. of for salon is assassination will include seeing the u.s. cakes ice of the middle east. justice soleimani as these him are all very cuz of the his due soleimani juice all his revered had been his body in videos and pictures the revenge for venice is to force america out of this region the real revenge of the ultimate response by regional nations as we america is expelled from this region and its head of aggression is counsel for river. well let's get more now from a door such a

and iran who is the safest choice for them the safest choice is to have both of them. leave iraq the entire reason why why this escalation or this the tension escalated between the u.s. and iran is because both of them were trying to orchestrate something that would pull the attention away from the iraqi uprisings that began in early october the iraqi led a rocky youth led movement that began in early october 2019 flip the entire equation the equation of the balance of power between several regional power players in iraq where beyond the u.s. and the iranian rivalry in iraq but if we were to look at both of them if we look at the consequence of the sequence of the of the events starting from the base in a kind of cool corner the american contractor civilian got killed it's very obvious that iran try to orchestrate something to pull the attention away from the protests that carried a very heavy anti iran sentiment a very heavy sentiment against the iranian dominance and influence in iraq and of course that influence came along with the u.s. invasion in 2003 just adding

the fact that iran's economy has been hit so hard by sanctions is iran actually in a position to be able to respond in retaliate in a way that it would deem fit. i think they are because the asymmetrical you know warfare that iran has perfected does not require a lot of you know heavy expenditures they have enough in their reserves they've set aside i think enough resources to be able to have that type of asymmetrical military response and outreach if needed so i don't think the the this state of the iranian economy as you rightly state is is going to be an inhibiting factor that would prevent them from trying to seek revenge for you know the recent assassination of awesome soleimani and the tough talk that we're hearing from washington these days let me ask you about the tough talk which is from coming from donald trump at the moment and directed towards iraq he's threatening sanctions against iraq he's saying that if the u.s. and on foreign forces are to leave iraq then iraq should pay for the american base that they are presumably the one allowed how significant what should we read in

look iran. today is far better off than it was a few days ago despite again losing a general and influential general in iran today or the regime i should say the ayatollah as the iranian regime is on a far better position today than it was several days ago it was on that a lot of pressure internally there was a popular movement rising popular movement against the regime there was suffering economically and that was showing there certainly the regime's allies in iraq were suffering popular movement in iraq were out in the streets burning iranian consulates in the south generally speaking the iranian position in the gulf within the region wasn't that great but today iran and its allies and its clients in the region are up in up and he will there certainly the regime in iran is sort of defying its base within the country it's probably going to wind that when the next elections in a big way its allies in iraq are also taking over and sort of defying their position so i think for whatever reason the

president donald trump has toned down his threats against iran but he found anger in iran by tweeting support of protesters who have been in the streets for the past 2 days all this tension has iranian americans warning about relatives back in iran as well as backlash. joining us to discuss what iranian americans are going through we have how to is a community organizer based in chicago we also have. an iranian american community leader and organizer a lawyer by is based in new york and is also plaintiffs fighting against the u.s. is so-called muslim travel ban and finally we have jamal abdi policy director of the national iranian american council he joins us today from sarasota florida hello everybody sorry to drive you in on this conversation where it's not a particularly happy one hoda for instance we showed one example of an iranian american and the story that she had about trying to come back into her own country you've also heard stories like that in the last 23 weeks can you share one. definitely i think but it is an incredibly terrifying time for iranians iranian americans the

and iran is money being laid to rest. there is a lot of fear and anxiety just worry about what's to come and why the death and the assassination of course until the money has caused fear for iranian american communities in the u.s. . coming from the gulf everyone's just past 7 am here in doha as it is in baghdad it is 7 30 am in teheran it is 11 pm in washington d.c. on come all santamaria continuing coverage of developments out of the region this weapons day the top line is that iran has launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles at u.s. iraqi facilities in iraq this is at least 2 bases we're talking about one is in erbil the other is the. base in anbar province also iran's revolutionary guard has issued a warning to other u.s. allies in the region and that includes israel saying they will be attacked if their countries are used for strikes against terror rob also developments we're seeing from the u.s. f a a the federal aviation authority which has now banned u.s. airlines from flying over this region we're talking a

blames iran. and iran huge crowds have been in mourning and demanding revenge for solem of his death an immediate diplomatic solution to the crisis seems unlikely both sides have to be really true gauge and diplomacy and right now i i fear that i do not see that i do not see either side the iranian or the american will. to do the things necessary to engage in the homeless if. iran wants u.s. forces to permanently leave the gulf region and it says there will be a harsh response to any further u.s. retaliation rob matheson al-jazeera. so let's show you exactly where those are rainy and strikes took place 2 iraqi bases were hit one of them is in a bill that's in iraq's semi autonomous kurdish region the other one is in western iraq's anbar province it's called the main base iraq says $22.00 missiles were fired in total and that there were no iraqi casualties well we have a team of correspondents monitoring all the latest developments in a fault in iraq's capital. we'll have more on president trump's

so this is the real issue here what iran and in cooperation with the. popular mobilisation forces are going to do i think the iranians are usually smart. apart from the harsh statements the strong statements coming from iran as well as from iraq they will think it over they will find the soft spots where they can the united states without going into. confrontation of wider size so it's it's really a very complex situation and mr boyd here on out is here we obviously covered widely the protests that so we're square there must be a real sense of frustration there that there was for a while a momentum of feeling like a different political future may happen and yet now we see the big music changing and the attention firmly shifting so what happened today. unfortunately this is what's happening we have been trying to avoid that in one story says another to her ear and in other cities in iraq and all of the iraqi people to avoid any kind of confrontation happening on the iraqi soil between the iranians and americans because we believe that this would affect t

or syria with iran but you know this is. a classic case of conflict in the separation of powers and american government always comes to you just as many thanks indeed for being with us now way back at the beginning of this program some 15 minutes ago i told you about iran remaining defiant and that acedia revolutionary guard commander has warned of further missile attacks of u.s. forces in the region for more on that let's go live that attack iran. is with us from what did this revolution regard come on the same door step. well the comments were made by the head of iran's revolutionary guard aerospace division brigadier general. made the comments about the attack that was carried out on the u.s. base in iraq he was gave very specific details about how many missiles 13 ballistic missiles were launched on to that base the general said that they weren't intending to kill any u.s. personnel or troops their target were the military equipment that the u.s. has at that base that was what they wanted to do what their intention was b

iran is harsher avenge after a u.s. air strike in baghdad kills the elite force commander solo mannie. the u.s. says it remains committed to deescalation with iran but is prepared to defend itself. and i had seen and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. one of the largest evacuations in astray as history is under way with hot weather and strong winds expected to worsen already devastating wildfires. and $100.00 babies dead in one month we look at the reasons behind the end usually high child mortality rates at a public hospital in india. iran has voted to retaliate strongly after the u.s. killed the commander who spearheaded tehran's military operations across the middle east major general carson so the money they are strike targets insulin money occurred on a road at baghdad airports we begin our coverage with al-jazeera same basra the. i guess heart rate in the upper ranks of the iranian military at the official announcement of the death of major general qassam saloni the commander of iran's could force t

president donald trump has toned down his threats against iran but he found anger in iran by tweeting support of protesters who have been in the streets for the past 2 days all this tension has iranian americans warning about relatives back in iran as well as backlash joining us to discuss what iranian americans are going through we have how to is a community organizer based in chicago we also have. an iranian american community leader and organizer a lawyer by is based in new york and is also plaintiffs fighting against the u.s. is so-called muslim travel ban and finally we have jamal abdi policy director of the national iranian american council he joins us today from sarasota florida hello everybody sorry to drive you in on this conversation where it's not a particularly happy one hoda for instance we showed one example of an iranian american and the story that she had about trying to come back into her own country you've also heard stories like that in the last 23 weeks can you share one. definitely i think that it is an incredibly terrifying time for iranians iranian americans the

iran's viral severe revenge is it more top military commander a cast some say the money who was killed by a u.s. airstrike in baghdad. we took the actual air strike to stop. a war. we did not take action to start. the u.s. says so the money was planning an imminent attack and this killing was an act of self-defense also on the program navy ships rescue thousands of stranded on beaches by australia's bush fires before catastrophic weather conditions here. and. with old sport australia stalls play on with the victims of the bushfires in mind the most toxic air in the world well it's pretty sad. so it's just. an emotional mecurio softies a g.p. cup when as he raises thousands of dollars to help. us president donald trump says he ordered the drone strike that killed the rands top military commander to stop a war not to start one he says he was planning imminent attacks on american diplomats and military personnel speaking at his mar-a lago resort in florida trump said washington does not seek regime change in iran but its aggression in the region must be stopped. we took action last night

is primarily a mean this is us nation but generally its policy towards iran to curb iran's expansion across the region this is certainly what the trump administration has been aiming from the get go when they withdrew from the iran nuclear reman in may 2018 part of it was not just to make a better deal with her on but to curb its aspirations in the region so yes ok we were just speaking as before to any gallagher who is of florida that meeting of the even jelly calls for trump obviously it is campaign a year how do you think just with his base but in the u.s. in general how do you think it's playing over there well i think this is definitely seen as a very big win for trump this is the 2nd high profile middle east arguably terrorists according to the u.s. government the chump of misfortune has taken out with them once 1st being. the leader of isis so in their eyes this is something very big something i think trump has been boasting something obama never did and something that should have been done a long time ago having up and said i've also seen people rescreening on twitter one of

iran conflict heightened by iran continuing to reduce its commitments under the iran nuclear deal. and we've had a statement from the europeans just in the last few hours and essentially it's a warning to iran through not talking about backing out of the deal at this point which is something that the united states wants might from people has said over the last few days that he doesn't believe he's getting enough support from the europeans for the maximum pressure campaign he would like to see them all walk away from the g.c. pewee the joint deal which set up the iran nuclear deal what the europeans are saying is that iran has walked away from some of those commitments they want them to go back they believe it's important that they do and they say we're being patient here reading between the lines of say we're being patient we want you to come back into compliance we're not entirely sure how long we continue to support this deal particularly with the pressure from the united states if you are not in compliance so you can see that their patience is beginning to wear thin that is a wa

deterrence to iran is if and it's x. the other possible radical scenario he has and i've been saying that this morning it's really out of the box but i think if you look at trump's instinct at the american presidents instincts it might be that he's just musing this as a pretext in order to start saying let's leave iraq iraq has only brought us trouble iraq has been through means of dollars and blood and treasure as it were costing the united states for the last 16 years i believe 6 times in an american is what it's cost to be in iraq and i wonder what the end game in sight if there is one what is that investment look like just quickly very quickly but this the thing about about thrown from is a businessman from statesman he still thinks like a business man the 2nd rule of business after the 1st rule of making profit is don't look at your losses in the past try to cut your losses in the future and i think for the american president what's more important than spending the turnings of dollars in the last 16 years is not to

they want to iran. to to examine. revenge rather. the americans for this act that they've carried out they say that this is an act of war and iran has to respond that it is just very black and white right now in the islamic republic and door so i suppose the question for many people is would this language coming from tehran. talking of revenge what that might look like what what are the options that tehran. well according to some analysts we spoke to the most immediate one would be targeted strikes at various u.s. interests and facilities and installations within iraq that is the 1st thing that many are going to say iran will be looking at. and then they say that they will be looking at their allies in the region mainly has in lebanon as well as hamas and gaza these are options that iran has and they've cultivated these relationships for many many years as well as the syrian regime in damascus so these are the references that we're hearing right now and this is the reference that i think we can say the

announces new tougher sanctions against iran with the goal of further damaging iran's economy. and our entire nandan when top stories from europe including determined to save the nuclear deal european foreign ministers meet to try to find a way to bring iran and the u.s. towards agreement and away from confrontation.

iran's targeting of 2 iraqi military bases hosting u.s. troops has put the world on edge with fears that terrans revenge attack for the u.s. killing of its most important military leader who would escalate but it's a rock that's in the firing line and it already has enough problems thousands of people across iraq have worn seem solemn ali and an iraqi militia commander killed in a u.s. drone on tack on friday iraqis she apartment ariens have urged foreign troops to leave iraq a call the u.s. has rebuffed but iraq's politicians are still under pressure at home as demonstrators continue their push for major political and economic reform for more we're joined from the northern iraqi city of erbil by he we're awesome and he's a journalist and analyst also on the phone in baghdad we have ayman he has been part of the protests seeking government reform since october and we are discussing his identity for his safety and joining us right here in the studio in washington hillary mann leverett she's the c e o at strategy that's a political risk cons

sanctions on iran their p.m.'s also stopped dealing with iran and so iran was effectively the only party observing it and so what the deal what the iranian maneuver does now is to effectively kill the deal. had really. existed only on paper in effect in terms of the reaction from the international community as we call them and we have heard of course dissenting voices from as representatives some members of it from the democrats have you been surprised or would you have expected a more vocal with spawn's from some members of the international community absolutely the voices of dissent to that we are hearing are calling for deescalation we are not hearing unfortunately any condemnation of donald trump's tweets threatening the destruction of iranian cultural heritage we're not hearing any condemnation of the united states violation of international law by assassinating a journal of a sovereign country and of course what we're not hearing is this promotion of human rights which the europeans are so eager to promote w

in a corner where it's not a question of if iran will respond but the question of when and where iran will respond to essentially i don't think iran has any choice but to respond to this attack let's bring in any government there in london ellie i mean it's an interesting observation is it not because many u.s. administrations have blamed iran for years about its destabilizing activities right across the region so has president trump finally done the one thing that so many other u.s. presidents were too scared to do what we're seeing is now both sides iran and the u.s. over the past anything particularly in iraq really if we do we find out that lines that are of a gauge that so they've gone from 6 months ago of attacking military installations or drone strikes on whole to now targeting us now this us attack comes after a number of heated exchanges in iraq over the past we whether happy if they got it but such a high ranking a fascination on the u.s. is going to really all the right lines are. wrong this fall and it's going to open up a whole new space i think of iran to up the ante in

$52.00 sites in iran that iran had reserved retaliated to the assassination of general qassam so the money's on the evening or early hours of the morning iran have fired missiles into iraq at u.s. targets he says that iran is expecting the possibility of war that they will heighten tensions on the battery operator had been sent to this location in iran and he had been informed that there was a cruise missile and he should have made contact with superiors before firing the rockets he waited for 10 seconds or 10 seconds to make that decision but for some reason. because of defense purposes or a network been busy he was able to make communication and he made that decision to fire a rocket and he said that he made a bad decision and that it was a mistake the commanders very regretful he said i wish i was dead and i didn't have to see such circumstances and that the that the shoulder all the blame saying that the aviation authority isn't to blame but that doesn't explain some of the language that has come out from the iran of the last few days denials you had of the aviation authority say

iran is infamous was not dependent on the money. tens of other journalists that were deployed a same gender play same success over the name. quite soon and the line of work his line of work will continue. so you don't damage to you ron is the loss of one general damage to the united states is loss of legitimacy and that's going to be much more important in the long run and forward to speaking domestically for a 2nd within time on itself and for the government could what's happened be an opportunity to to strengthen itself to build nationalism. i think you're exactly right you're going to see this. lobbying out on the fire they're going to have you know general sort of money was the most popular man in iran. in public opinion polls because. you belong to this party or the other party people in need realize that their security is because of his hard work his and his people and we had isis getting close to dani and borders not too long ago and the fact that isis is defeated people in the iran i think is because of general sort him on h

and yes emotions are very high right now in iran across the iran across the major cities across the country you see posters of gas and so the money across the highways on the side of the road when you go to an a.t.m. machine you will see an image of customs of the money on those screens of roads have been renamed after him and also an airport and of us has been renamed in his honor so emotions are high people of mourning and we are expecting the funeral to take place and ron and step and really scenes like this have not been witnessed in iran for 30 years since the funeral of the founder of this republic to last for many i know that many of the iranians that you've been speaking to want their government to respond they want some sort of revenge for the assassination of kassam so many what steve rainey and government likely to do think. well it's very difficult to tell right now because the foreign ministry spokesman spoke earlier and he said that the response has to be so the enemy regrets their actions but also to keep iranians from danger and that's going to be very very difficult

but salomone had the full support of iran's government he received iran's highest military award last year as tensions high sions between the u.s. and iran so the money continue to support shia militias including the hizbollah brigades who were targeted in 5 u.s. is strikes last week after they fired rockets at a us base he survived many attacks on his life inside iran and abroad but it would be in iraq where shia militias trained by his could force killed hundreds of americans that the u.s. indeed has running age 62 shallow ballasts al-jazeera while we have correspondents covering the story from all angles will go to door to bar in toronto shortly but 1st let's get more reaction from iraq with us on a binge of it who joins us now from baghdad and zama it's been a very difficult serious situation in iraq anyway and now this on iraqi soil what is the way forward for the iraqi government. well nic just reading a statement from the group which was targeted by the united states accused of targeting the american contractor who was killed in cuckoo this is a statement from. mr mohan this se

that they want to stick with the iran nuclear deal but they want iran to comply with it again and how likely is that to be well received in tehran. i'm not sure if you can hear me at all it's lauren taylor in the studio i can hear you know our great nation i just want to ask you about the iran nuclear deal have heard from the e.u. that they want to stick by it but they're asking around to. go back to its commitments under the deal how likely is it that iran will do that i think the current state of affairs and the way the tensions are born into over right now i think is highly unlikely the united states on the trumpet ministration has made a very clear that they're not coming back to the negotiating table and they are you could say the senior partner in the original deal so tara is going to be very concerned if the united states doesn't want to come back on board and therefore doesn't really see any incentive for it to come back and here to the terms of the g c p a way. and to adhere to those terms just on the basis of dealing with powers and that's why also the e.u. leaders are tryin

announces new tougher sanctions against iran with the goal of further damaging iran's economy. i mean our entire nandan with the top stories from europe including determined to save the nuclear deal european foreign ministers meet to try to find a way to bring iran and the u.s. towards agreement and away from confrontation. the u.s. says no to iraq's request to step up talks on plans to withdraw american troops from the country. how to tie up to stand ready to move in support a medically australia's prime minister sounds more troops to areas facing devastation from rapidly spreading wildfires. and i'm far as smile have all the day's sports news including rafa nadal fights back to lead spain to victory over belgian reached the semifinals at the 8. polo we begin with the latest fallout from the u.s. airstrike that killed a top iranian general washington has an l. the new wave of sanctions on iran that target the country's steel and iron industries the sanctions also go after 8 senior officials and the new measures are in response to iran's missile strikes earlier this week on an

feels that and then the sense that we've got from some pro iran fighters here is that iran feels that there was a lapse on iraq's part when money was assassinated usually i sincerely money did go around using a normal a mobile network or something but his movements were very closely guarded guarded and until he would leave a location it would not be disclosed so it is very unlikely that iraqi security forces iraqi government would have been taken into account because that again would put the iraqi government into a very awkward position because it does the host of the u.s. coalition on its own invitation although its parliamentarians have said that they're no longer wanted but legally they are here on iraq's requests and if there is an imminent threat to the coalition forces which are here to defend iraq it would be bound to release that information to them so having all of that context in mind it appears that it would be unlikely that the iranians would have taken the iraqis into confidence but the reunions had warrant that every u.s. base you heard from generals to diplomats saying

that iran is standing down iran also released video footage showing them assembling the missiles and those missile strikes and again trying to appease public opinion here people have been out in the streets over the last few days asking for revenge over the assassination of qassam so the money. jonah holes in london he says donald trump used his speech to give nato powers a dressing down for what he considers the muted response to the killing of cost some sort of money. remember donald trump has a fairly checkered history with nato ones calling it obsolete now apparently supporting it but frequently railing against its members calling them to take on a greater share of the burden a greater share of the cost for their own defense on the collective coffers of nato now i think he will see nato alongside european powers as having disappointed the administration my compo the secretary of state said as much in failing to full throated lee support the actions last week against carson solomonic. an opportunity i think in this address to give everyone a sort of dressing down here a bit of nam

has 52 different targets some of which are in iran planning that they have on their list to hit iran again should iran retaliate and in the one of those tweets earlier he said that some of the 52 targets are important cultural culturally to iran which really raises eyebrows of a lot of people because that iran has over 20 different cultural world unesco world heritage sites in the country over 20 of them and it's a war crime to target nonmilitary institutions such as that so you know very unusual tweets quite frankly by the president ited states and somewhat surprising because all day on saturday we're hearing from administration officials including secretary of state mike pompei all who are giving them a message of wanting to deescalate the situation when trumps tweets are doing exactly the opposite of just briefly mention as well also on saturday the white house sent a letter to congress basically outlining why they did this strike killing so many and others they have to do this under the under the war powers resolution within 48 hours of commencing any sort of military activity th

iran has struck back at the u.s. for the assassination of its top commander custom solomonic and it's making it clear what happens next depends upon donald trump iran more than a dozen missiles from its territory into a base hosting u.s. forces in iraq the assad base in provence around the same time according to iraq missiles also hit a base in erbil $22.00 of them.