unfolded in iran and iraq following the assassinations of general qasim sulaimani and abu mahdi almohandis served as a resplendent testament to the enduring popularity and unwavering support that these revered resistance figures commanded. despite years of foreign occupation and intervention in the region, the marches delivered powerful message to the united states and its allied, underscoring that the resistance figures were not only revered, but also deeply cherished by their people. the question arises, what was the source of this profound popularity that propelled general sulaimani and his colleagues to such revenud status? the answer lies in their exceptional qualities and unparalleled contributions to their nations and the wider middle east or west asia. general qasim sulaymani, the former commander of iran's bots force, played a pivotal role in the fight against terrorism, particularly in combatting daesh and other takfiry terrorists in syria. and iraq known for his strategic brilliance in leadership, sulaimani directed iran's efforts to support regional resistance movements in the

head of the kuds force, but i do believe it was a target of opportunity that he was together with almohandisنصر مو نفر يعني اكو تواجد كان يعني تواجد مسبق حتى لاخذ عينات. يعني من الحجاج بنفس منطقه الحادث هذا الحضور ما ممكن يصير بعنوان مصادفه علمنا انه احد الاشخاص كان متواجد بالبرج الابراج اللي متروكه وضارب ليزر على السيارات و نفس الشخص بعد الحادث قاطع الطريق ما مخلي الاخوان اللي يجون من طريق الصالات يدخلون على مكان الحادث يبلغهم يقول لهم حادث سير بالاضافه اضافه الى اكو سياره جايه بدون لوحات ماخذه عينات من الشهداء وومحتوياتهم هسه هذا الشخص منو من حرصنا على التحقيق انه ما تقدر تكشف اللي جاي يصير بالتحقيق هذا يعني مو من واجبي انه اصرح بما يدور في التحقيق. at that time the popular mobilization units with all its facilities and capabilities was not unaware of the danger that surrounded them. some information was leaked on the night of the assassination, information that indicated an imminent american operation, but the details remained undisclosed until the operation took place. احد التليفونات من الاخوه بلغني انه احد الضباط يريد التواصل وياي لان قاعد يتصل علي ما يحصلني من اخواننا المجاهدين اتصل بي

people, all across the globe to pay tribute to reveard murders, general sulaymani and abu mahdi almohandis. we have a report on that. thousands of iraqi people have gathered at baghdad international airport to honor revered martes general qasim sulaymani and muhandis who were assassinated by the united states in a drone attack near the airport back in 2020. these people have gathered today to condemn the us. and show their will to continue our leaders path in fighting against the israeli oppression, we came today to comemorate and pay respect to those who gave all they had to protect this land. among the people were prominent figures such as chief of popular mobilization units who stressed that irakis will forever hold in memory their revert leaders of the resistance and will raise generations based on their noble values and john sulaymani was a unique man, he was nation in a man and a symbol of bravery, principle and manners, he held the dignity of the nation and exemplified it throughout the region through his actions rather than me words. al-fayad also mentioned that general sulaymani a

international airport back in 2020 alongside gen, his long timeime friend and colleague, abu mahdi almohandis, who was iraq's popular mobilization unit second in command, was also killed, we've been uh covering uh the fourth anniversary of the martterdom of general sunmoni here on press tv all morning long, joining us now uh for further uh insight and analysis. of uh the uh unique uh character of general sulaimani and the position he held in the resistance in the region we have spokesman of the international schiller institute mr. harley schlanger was joining us from potsdam germany also we have podcaster and journalist esha krishna swami is joining us from st. petersburg welcome to the program to the both of you let's start off with mr. uh schlanger sir i want to get your perspective uh and your views on the legacy that general saleimani has left behind as an anti-terror icon? i think to start with, it's worth noting the absolute insanity of us policy, which is typified by the assassination of general salemani. the idea behind it was the intent of people around the at the time president trum

when the year 2020, the assassination of general sulaymani and hashd shabi's commander abu mahdi almohandis in a us. strike raises a key question: was the united states really fighting daesh, or as us president donald trump himself has said was daesh created by his predecessor barack obama. perhaps now it would be easier to answer this question after the assassination of general suleimani. what is clear is that the united states has killed a man who played the biggest role in both eliminating daesh from the region. and isolating washington, following this terrorist attack and the martterdom of a group of people who had fought daesh and other tacfedy terrorists around the clock, the question is, who really wants peace and stability in the region, and who is after igniting a war to plunder the middle east? press tvs news and brief, the leader of the islamic revolution vous a strong response to perpetrators and masterminds of the deadly terrorist bombings in the city of carmon. said in his. message that the criminals could not tolerate people's love for their great commander marleimani. global

martyr almohandis said we had nothing, we had no bullets, we had no arms and general sulaimani came to the assistance and helped us and he came personally. this is extremely important also for a model of a leader who is in the frontlines among. the what you others may call the the inferior soldiers or troops, but he you see the photos, for instance, he was just like one of them, so here's another example of his modesty of his way of not being an arrogant leader for instance, also the issue of sacrifice that the time that he was all the time was willing to offer himself as as a martter throughout the conflicts, in 2006 he was here in lebanon under the bombardment of the lebanese areas and basically the suburbs, he was here, in spite of the fact that said nasrullah, the secret general of hizbullah told him, you shouldn't be here, but he said, no, i want to be among you, i'm sure that all the the the improvements that took place in the abilities of the resistance in palestine. also had the fingerprints of martter sulaymani uh and mainly manufacturing arms and also not uh rely because you

on the occasion of the fourth martidom anniversary of general. some selling money and abu mati almohandis, that's specifically underscored heroic role of late marchers in strengthening the resistance. our bayroot correspondent mataam saw the earlier walk does to the highlights of his speech. first of all he gave his condolences uh to the islamic republic of iran on this uh terrorist attack that occurred and he said that this proves that it seems that general quasim sulaimani as a martter is something that the west, the us and the israel fear more than they fear him when he was alive, even, and that proves that they are attempting of course to try to uh destroy any sight of his memory, although it seems that day by day people remember more and it's stronger and the hearts and minds of the people, and as we saw here in beirot as well, many have come to to commemorate uh that martterdom, that is on one hand, on the in the meantime also he mentioned the assassination that occurred in yesterday uh in beirot and he said that the israelis are desperate to find some sort of an image of victory si

port city of bandar abbas. the new domestically designed and manufactured vessel named abu mahdi almohandiseral salami and the commander of the irgc navy, rear admiral tank, were present during the ceremony, and that does it for this additional world news, thanks for being with us, recap of the headlines coming up at the top of the hour, just bye-bye for now. نحن في وضع يجب ان اذكر الحقائق ايه في اول ليله عندما تعرضنا الى الهجوم الايرانيون بعثوا لنا طائرتين محملتين بالسلاح وهذا كان في تلك اللحظه كان دعم كبير. israel keeps pounding gaza, killing and entering more palestinians and fresh attacks. according to european ngo, more than 90,00 people are now dead, wounded or missing in the palestinian territory, as a result of nearly... three months of israeli strikes, lebanon says b the resistance movement says that has fired 62 rockets toward industry military base located in the northern part of the occupied palestinian territories. the attack was carried out in reprisal for the regime's assassination of top hamas official inbroot on tuesday.