stores turn refused to go on to do. this is the w. news live from berlin iran fires back launching more than a dozen missiles and bases hosting u.s. troops into iraq tehran says it's taking revenge for the u.s. assassination of its top general president trump says officials are working to assess the damage from the strike the pentagon saying it will take all necessary measures to protect its troops and allies in the region also coming up the funeral of the iranian general qassam so the money turns deadly more than $50.00 people are

now confirmed dead after a stampede during the funeral procession the u.s. insisting that killing him was the right thing to do. i'm called aspen welcome to the program we begin with breaking news iran has fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles at u.s. military targets in iraq the missiles have reportedly hit 2 bases the sonde air base that is in western iraq and another near the city of erbil there are reports of iraqi casualties the full extent of the damage is still unclear iran's revolutionary guard has confirmed that the attack was in retaliation for the u.s. assassination of a top general qassam soli money on friday. on joint. now in studio by iraqi journalist amir mousavi and in washington by our

correspondent pablo thank you to you both for being here pablo i want to head to you 1st because the president has just tweeted moments ago walk us through what did the president say. that's right carl we were almost expecting president trump to tweet and in it he said all is well missiles launched from iran of 2 military bases located in iraq assessment of casualties and damage is taking place now so far so good we have the most powerful and well equipped military anywhere in the world by far i will be making a statement tomorrow morning of course that was in direct reference to the fact that many americans were expecting him to address the nation earlier this evening that was being reported in u.s. media it was later than confirmed that it wouldn't be happening and it's a very different tone than what many americans were expecting from president trump it seems that he after this meeting that he held with the vice president my pants

with the secretary of state my palm pale and the defense secretary mark asper you know concluded about a couple of hours ago that we can't really comment really on what happened in that meeting we'll have to wait until tomorrow morning but until then we have this information it's a little bit unexpected in some ways because of what president trump has been saying in recent days which was a lot more aggressive right i mean all those tweets featuring really inflammatory language this certainly is a different tone from president tribe no one turns you a mere ballistic missiles striking to bases in iraq with u.s. military personnel how do you assess this situation and is iraq now being dragged into another conflict wall iraq is from the beginning is broken the conflict from the beginning to the whole between iran the. states because i think iraq will

will use the goals to insist again and again tool with a droll the international troops from iraq and also with iranian to stop. its muscles. i think eroded also that is a. resource of information that's said that iranian also informed iraq short before the attack in their base of us at. west of iraq. iran iran these are should also warning united states to to crease the situation and also they also put another goals and other targets in the region they also we are ready to give in the wave of the of the attack probably back to you tell us more about about one of the confirmed targets now the ol assad air base what do we know about that base and tell us about its

significance for the u.s. military. that's right of course there are 2 bases but one of course is the. base and that's in western iraq we must also mention that there are over $5000.00 u.s. troops based in iraq it's a very large complex it's split into 2 though it's split into an area where american troops are based and then there are iraqi troops and another part of the base we're waiting for confirmation that in fact the attack earlier today was actually to the iraqi side we also don't know whether there are casualties yet that is still unconfirmed and it's a place that's very well known to americans why because vice president mike pence visited just a few months ago and in fact the president president trump was there back in 2018 so like i said it's a very large complex and it's quite well known here in the united states and as you

mentioned we still do not know the extent of the damage or the casualties there. amir is there a sense to you that the u.s. or even iraq were prepared for this attack were they expecting something like this to happen in iran have been talking about or tallit or attack from iraq you saw the expect. the tension in the streets you can feel it in baghdad and a lot of cities also iraqi government make sure that the proxies is good and the good. in iraq and also there is a warning for the proxies for iraqi military officers soldiers still voyaging do what it can spaces because they could be a target do you think they knew that they might be a target these bases yes of course we talked the last 3 days the big studio we talked about the possible targets. and again and again.

as in iraq will be the next target. i think this is the good chance for. targeting them through the muscle but so then you think is just using that muscle loss of iran not from through proxy because i drive for example i expect a lot of a lot of us expect that the proxy will be good there are it iranian factions they're active in iraq i want to i want to finish with you amir what do you have any sense what comes next and is there any chance for deescalation here i think it depends on the casualties from the american side it's going to see more casualties a lot of soldiers will kill and i think the administration will and should react and give another another wave of reaction and iran also were react but it depends on that's casualties let us wait till the assessment the number of because will do you think think it will be clear the iraqi journalist amir mousavi here in studio

and in washington our correspondent. thank you both thank you. well just a short while ago iran buried the general who's killing triggered this whole crisis large crowds of mourners gathered in the city of em on to pay their respects to ascend soleimani his burial had been delayed following a deadly stampede at a funeral procession on tuesday at least 56 people were killed in the crush. they were here to say good bye to a military command they called their own instead many were caught up in a stampede as hundreds of thousands of mourners descended on camera man. this is the home town of kasim celing money the general killed by a u.s. military drone last friday he's funeral procession soon turned tragic as dozens were trampled to death. these mourners never expected the nation's loss to be

overridden by their own. at a hospital a desperate search for missing relatives feared trapped in the stampede. same with. we were at the ceremony and people rushed towards us so that i had to run away but then a bike went over my foot breaking it. just shows. what. we will give our lives for general solomonic and we will eventually. anguish for a man they considered a martyr. anger towards the killers of a national hero. thousands also turned out in neighboring iraq at the funeral of. hundreds and ally of iran who was killed in the same u.s.

airstrike. the shouting death to america iranian lawmaker has have been quick to pass a law declaring those involved insulin my niece death as terrorists. i mean they're all mad all those involved in this crime who are with the pentagon and the u.s. military are counted as terrorists however in washington there was no backing down in the event there any to make another bad choice that the president will respond in a way that if he did last week which was decisive serious and message iran about the constraints that we're going to place on that regime so that it doesn't continue to put american lives at risk more u.s. troops already on their way to the middle east but tensions with iran have also thrown the u.s. military presence in iraq into question. our coverage continues now of the missile strike by iran we want to bring in journalist make our mortazavi she's the

diplomatic correspondent for the british newspaper the independent joining me now from washington d.c. now nader thank you for joining us 1st of all the foreign minister of iran tweeting just moments ago i want to read that to you he said quote iran took and concluded proportionate measures in self-defense and then he continues we did not seek escalation or warble defend ourselves against any aggression what do you make of that statement there from the iranian foreign minister thank you for having me so it seems like iran is trying to make it clear from the statement of the wire you see we saw the same spirit and now from the foreign minister is that this is not an attempt to escalate into a fool and warrior no appetite for a full on war in iran definitely nothing that would spill into iranian soil across the border and then at the same time they need a. face saving with they needed the revenge of the supreme leader had been promising they needed their revenge that he's part of the population was really

pressuring publicly for so this seems to be portrayed by iran as a one time retaliation not an escalation they're saying they're prepared to respond again if the u.s. respond but basically the ball is now in the u.s. of course the president trying to side to not respond to this this might be called off for now and certainly maybe speaking the language of president trumpeting that and tweens there's also speculation you know that there seems to be limited damage from these strikes perhaps very few casualties as well is there a possibility that there was also a way of maybe leaving open the door to a diplomatic solution. well it seems like it was a calculated strike he says he said there seem to be so far no american casualties but then at the same time it was a symbolic attack it's something that can be played over and over again in iranian media it was an attack on an airbase that president trump and the vice

president pens had recently visited so in a sense it has the symbolic message that look we can we may not be able to head the white house but we can hit where you live at the podium where you speak from but then at the same time trying to limited to a little casualty or no casualty in order to keep it from escalation i think it was calculated but at least just same time tehran is probably trying to play the long game here they vowed it will make it unsafe for u.s. troops in the region at least that's what they're doing in iraq. to pull out of iraq and possibly out of other neighboring countries and their region which is something they've been tried for about a long time how about those neighbors i mean iran a country of course of many allies in the region how does this affect iranians wrongs ties and in other countries. well some of those allies some of. those neighbors not allies some of those u.s.

allies who are iran the neighbors like the saudis the u.a.e. the israelis have actually been pushing president from to the brink of this conflict they pushed him to leave the nuclear deal to take a hawkish stance against iran but then right now they seem to be very quiet basically not wanting to be involved or are considered too. cool to war between the u.s. or on anything any kind of proxy conflict so far we see basically iraq in iraq soil and iraqi casualties like the proxy war between the 2 for says but seems like other neighbors that we don't want to pull in the cold and into any sort of conflict and they got mortazavi the diplomatic correspondent for the independent thanks very much. reminder now the breaking news that we're following for you at this hour the wrong is fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles at bases causing the u.s.

troops in iraq in retaliation for the u.s. assassination of its top general on friday president trump now says that the damage from the strike is being assessed. you're watching t.v. news from berlin stay tuned we'll have plenty more coverage of those missile strikes from the wrong in iraq and we will bring you the latest as we get it for the entire team here thanks for watching. actually prove me just shows that shows. the smart way to.