i'm called aspen welcome to the program. iran is preparing to bury general qassam soleimani the man who is the sas nation at the hands of the u.s. has up ended the middle east and is fueling fears of war early on tuesday soleimani his body arrived back in his hometown his burial later today capped 3 days of mourning iran's supreme leader has traded threats with the u.s. presidents in the wake of the killing as washington prepares for tehran to strike back. and as tensions across the region grow some muddled the messaging from the u.s. the pentagon says it won't pull its troops from neighboring iraq after a top general signaled it could do just that after soleimani was killed. paratroopers from the u.s. 82nd airborne division packing their bags for the middle east. they're part of the $3000.00 additional american troops being sent to the region reinforcements as the u.s. braces for iran's promised retaliation. in iran the u.s. killing of money the country's top military commander has triggered a massive outpouring of public g

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 mak

i'm called aspen welcome to the program amid fears of an armed conflict between their 2 nations the leaders of iran and the united states engage in a war of words 1st president donald trump threatening to hit as many as $52.00 iranian targets if iran were to tally its for the assassination of general so money and now president assad rouhani has tweeted back saying quote never threaten the iranian nation in tehran huge crowds turned out for the funeral of the general and others killed in the u.s. drone strike. another crowd in coleman saying goodbye to general has sam soleimani the latest stop in an unprecedented funeral tour of iran. earlier in the capital tehran supreme leader ayatollah ali how many weeping over the remains of iran's top military commander. and the man slated to take that post as mile ghani kissing the coffin solem monies assassination is considered a declaration of war by many iranians the generals daughter has promised revenge oh yeah part of our the higher 5 was not only quite that bad of all the families of american soldiers in western asia have witnessed america's hum

with me in the studio to welcome from the aspen institute and. baka welcome tyson now as we heard the pentagon say there's still assessing the scale of damage and casualties but let me go to the original tweet sent by donald trump when he cut off the attack and he said all is well assessment of casualties this taking place so far so good what do you make of that i think that was a narrow communication to basically communicate to the american public and to the world that that didn't lead to perhaps significant casualties now we don't have any word from the defense department itself but we do have word from the iranians which is probably not credible saying that there have been a number of casualties which would be a dramatic escalation of the tensions between iran and the united states we should recall that this is in some ways a reaction to cumulative aggression on the iranian part of the part of the iranians in saudi arabia in the straits of hormuz and the attack on december 27th that killed one american contractor but leading to money many more

says it is still assessing the full extent of the jet damage or with me in the studio to welcome from the aspen institute and tyson baka welcome tyson now as we heard the pentagon say this still assessing the damage and casualties but let me go to the recent tweet sent by donald trump when he 1st heard off the missile attack and he said all is well assessment of casualties is taking place so faso good what do you make of that i think that that was a narrow communication to basically communicate to the american public and to the world that that that student lead to perhaps significant casualties now we don't have any word from the defense department itself but we do have word from the iranians which is probably not credible saying that there have been a number of casualties which would be a dramatic escalation of the tensions between iran and the united states we should recall that this is in some ways a reaction to cumulative aggression on iranian part of the part of the iranians in saudi arabia in the straits of hormuz and the attack on december 27th that killed one american contractor but lea

with me in the studio i'm pleased to welcome from the aspen institute and tyson baka welcome times and now as we heard the pentagon say they're still assessing the scale of damage and casualties but let me go to the original tweet sent by donald trump when he 1st heard of the missile attack and he said all is well assessment of casualties is taking place so far so good what do you make of that i think that that was a narrow communication to basically communicate to the american public and to the world that that it's didn't lead to perhaps significant casualties now we don't have any word from the defense department itself but we do have word for. the iranians which is probably not credible saying that there have been a number of casualties which would be a dramatic escalation of the tensions between iran and the united states we should recall that this is in some ways a reaction to cumulative aggression on the iranian part of the part of the iranians in saudi arabia in the straits of hormuz and the attack on december 27th that killed one american contractor but leading to much many mor

big table with me is tyson barker he is a transatlantic analyst at the aspen institute germany here in berlin to both of you welcome i'm going to let me start with you the u.s. president saying that iran is standing down that the escalation is over. is that true and do people around president talk do you think they believe him. well i think it's true for now president trump made it clear in his remarks that to you ask is not. thinking about using military force to retaliate instead the u.s. will impose economic sanctions on the regime in iran and i do think that this is the administration's decision however we also have to say that president trump also made clear what his expectations are he wants tehran to abandon its nuclear weapons program he wants tehran to stop supporting terrorism and the region and he wants tehran to refrain from any further provocations and he made clear that you ask will not hesitate to act if american lives are at risk is. one of the there's really nothing new there but what about from the iranian side what struck me is that we had the iranian foreign minister saying we've acted we acted

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