also said quite clearly we're not proposing war but we are ready for anything we can bring in dorset jabari who is ready and waiting to talk to us live from washington so doris so he started off by saying how sad they were about disappointed actually was the word he used with the remarks from the united states and then there were a number of comments about how they might choose to respond to any threat. yes as the foreign ministry spokesperson upliftment got they reiterated their opposition that has been. told by the president of the foreign minister over the past 24 hours and that is following an emergency session of the supreme national security council on friday that was attended by the supreme leader. this body has made a decision how iran will react of course there are no decisions not made public but we've heard 'd comments from the president on the honeydew when he visited the home of the late. commander on the money on saturday he said that's a very we'll respond maybe not today maybe not tomorrow but it will respond in the years ahead on a regular basis to you united states and wha

there tens of thousands of course to welcome home the body of kasim silliman and we can talk to dorset jabari who joins us live from. and so doris so we've heard a lot of political comment that the mood i'm guessing where you are has been one of people simply paying their respects. yes certainly they're still waiting for the body of the late general trover. 0 body landed just a short while ago. 1 maybe. they've been waiting for hours and hours. arrive a few hours ago but because the. earlier this morning. flight. people are waiting many of them spoke to feel like they lost their spiritual father because they were proud of him and. one person told me to just that person nation was. much more of an ideology as well as a matter of their what for i don't really ever disregard. understand people are mourning but they are also very angry they want revenge that they hope their problems hold those responsible accountable for what they've done to their general marty and across this period of mourning door so we're going to see other events as well tell us what's going to happen as we move towards his

moments mike hanna will be telling us how the news is likely to go down in washington we go to dorset jabari who is live for us in tehran. the commander had a lot more to say than just that admission of responsibility to take us through what else he talked about. well he said he wished he had died rather than to share this news that this was a very difficult for him to come to share exactly the details of what occurred with the iranian population he said that this is a very difficult moment for him to explain to the arraign in public what actually took place and he's very very distraught as well and he's not the only one the one of the millions of iranians who are shocked at this news he says that this was a very very unfortunate accident that the operator of those missiles had 10 seconds to decide what to do because they were expecting a reaction from the united states government after iran launched those rockets into i know assad base in iraq he said that the operator tried to contact the plane they but then he didn't get a response and he believed to be a cruise missile that was heading t

in mike hanna who will tell us how the news is likely to go down in washington the 1st woman to dorset jabari who is live for us and. talk us through the reactions or so now that there has been an mission. well there is a lot of anger and the iranians here are demanding justice and accountability and many of the people i've spoken to including families of the victims here are just in shock they don't understand why their government would have lied to them for this long their demanding those be accountable we know that the head of their own judiciary has asked for all the evidence of people passed on for them to start their investigation into why this happened we also know that the head of the revolutionary guards will be going to parliament on sunday to brief m.p.'s about the chain of events that led to the downing of this plane by and by the revolutionary guards we've also been seeing pictures of a vigil that took place outside of am your capital university in tehran earlier on saturday and those vigils quickly turned into protests and we've been hearing chants calling for the revolutionary

alive or dead let's bring in dorset jabari in tehran for a store so. the big nuclear deal i mean had been all but dead i mean there's been so many violations and also so many issues with this deal what are we to make of this move by the europeans to trigger this dispute mechanism. well this is something we were hoping would not happen it's quite a serious measure taken by the europeans that are left in this nuclear deal now what this means is that there will now be a commission formed to investigate the disputes that is ongoing between the remaining signatories of the steel and iran what this means is that the europeans feel they rain ians are not up holding their end of the bargain and they've actually broken away from the promises that they made under this deal they arrhenius has said because the united states withdrew from the deal in may of 2013 the remaining signatories weren't upholding their end of the bargain so iran under certain articles that was written into this agreement started scaling back its commitments they started reducing their comm

and for that we go to dorset jabari who joins us on the phone from tehran doors or is there no we seem to have lost dorsey will go to the united states where gabrielle elizondo is standing by can you tell us more about what the u.s. has confirmed deal with the pentagon has confirmed here with this strike. yeah it was a pretty remarkable department of defense statement about this it's good too and a half paragraphs long i won't read the entire thing again but the key points that stand out here is obviously the united states department of defense confirming that the strike that killed solomon he was at the direction of the president united states that should not necessarily be a surprise given the high profile of solo money but also in the statement of by the department of defense they really pointed out how solo money in their view was actively planning more attacks on americans and american diplomats in the region there was a real sense in this statement that solo money in his cause forests were. an immediate threat to american lives in the region all read part of it general so the mon

moments mike hanna will be telling us how that uses likely to go down in washington 1st we go to dorset jabari who is live for us in tehran and also there's an admission of responsibility and acceptance of accountability in what more did we hear. well we heard from the brigadier general there who is the head of the revolutionary guards aerospace division. he said that he was very very sad that you wished he had died and didn't have to hear this news he said that evening of tuesday evening and wednesday morning when this incident occurred he was in the west of the country launching those missiles into iraq he was with that group of the revolutionary guard commanders who carried out that attack on u.s. interests in iraq he said when he heard this news he wished he had died he says he was it's a very difficult position for him to be in to come in front of the cameras to having to explain how this tragedy took place he said basically the operator of the missiles that were in that area near among. got in contact with this flight but didn't get a response and within 10 seconds he had to make a very

on that story now we go to teheran and joined dorset jabari dawson just take us through the reaction in iran to this decision by the other members of this iran nuclear deal. but we've heard from these spokes person of the foreign ministry up us who said be who issued a statement saying that in iran's response will be firm and strong in relation to or any action any destructive action that could be taken by the remaining signatories of they nuclear deal on this statement also went on to say that they it rain is see this as a passive measure day don't really see this as anything new where in fact it is a a serious development in terms of the feed where the future of this deal goes the european signatories are saying they're not happy about the steps iran has taken so far to reduces commitments since the united sates leftist steel in 2018 iran as a january 5th stated that it would no longer comply with all the limitations on its enrichment activities and enrichment related activities under the j.c. fuel way so really what was left at what is left of this deal is the i.e. a inspection of

that dialogue and only dialogue is the only route to any solution to any crisis let's bring in dorset jabari for an update from. a 1st discuss the meeting between the qatari emir and the iranian president what was the takeaway message from the meeting at a press conference they held. well the 2 leaders expressed their willingness to increase the ties between the 2 countries both economic and political this visit is seen as a very critical one at a time where iran finds itself in the love not only a internal. tensions that are on the rise but also in terms of their relationship with the international community this visit is the 1st for the emir of qatar since he came into that position in 2013 he was in terre haute the invitation of the iranian president for a close session meeting as they put it to express their desire to increase their relationship and the cooperation between the 2 countries of course the emir of qatar explaining that at the time when qatar went through a very difficult time after the blockade that was imposed on them in 2017 by saudi arabia a number of other countries it w

in washington d.c. 1st the school says dorset jabari. doors it's a ritual but salt spreaders stand in his white house address last night but it seems the iran doesn't seem to be willing to give up because some solmonese tell us more. we've been hearing from the man who has replaced customs. service commemorating the late general with the supreme leader this morning in the capital we heard from as well connie who is now the head of the courts force of the revolutionary guards he read a statement that he had written for the supreme leader thanking him for the appointment to his position and remembering the awesome so that money as a great man he also said that in his new role nothing will change within the police force of the revolutionary guards that. vision and work will continue that himself and he will not we are off the path awesome so the money put the holds forces on we've also been hearing from a former head of the revolutionary guard commander major general. who is now the senior military advisor to the supreme leader he said that

correspondents covering the story shortly will go to some of the job in baghdad but 1st let's bring in dorset jabari in ted and also we have been looking at pictures of huge crowds around the country and we're hearing that the funeral procession has now ended. yes the body of the assassinated general hossam solomon he finally reached freedom square in downtown tehran it made its way from tehran university just over 6 hours a road to give you an idea of how large the crowds are the body procession moved from tehran university which is near revolution square in tehran towards freedom square it's about a 5 and a half kilometer journey and this journey took over 6 hours to finish and people mourners that have come out of just finished saying their final farewells to the assassinated general his body is now being taken to the holy city of. tehran and we believe there will be a number of other ceremonies going on there later this evening and then finally his body will be flown to his hometown of care mom in central iran where he will be buried on tuesday and meanwhile door so we've had an assembly of expe

and he's on there for us reaction later simona fulton is in baghdad for us but 1st let's go to dorset jabari she is live for us in the iranian capital and quite incredible pictures of massive crowds attending the funeral procession including the supreme leader ayatollah ali how many sobbing so what's been happening there today. well yes following those very emotional scenes that we saw by the highest authorities in iran on display as they were praying over the coffin of the late general we've seen the supreme leader who was. at the event in tear on university he conducted the prayer service over the coffin of general hossam so the money next to him was the country's president has an iranian as well we saw the head of iran's parliament i would larijani also the head of the country's revolutionary guard as well as the head of the judiciary ebrahim right you see who was clearly very emotional and then next to him was the newly appointed head of the courts forces that took over for him sell the money on friday at the command of the supreme leader himself now all this as now the. body that is mak

same time taking these very aggressive measures can with a house have thank you let's bring in dorset jabari she's joining us from the iranian capital what impact are we hearing of these new sanctions will have on iran's or so. well the 8 individuals that have been sanctions are not likely to be affected by them we've been hearing from one of those people who have been sanctioned most and reza a who is part of the expediency council of iran he's a former head of iran's revolutionary guards he's just commented about being under u.s. sanctions he said that it's not going to this is more of a symbolic gesture and it's actually a point of pride for him to be sanctioned by the u.s. government and that's really how many see these sanctions on these individuals here it's really not something that affects them one of their reality of their lives they don't have any property or funds in the united states they don't travel to the united states so the sanctions don't really have practical ramifications for them there seem more of a symbolic gesture he is one of the 8 individuals who has been sanctioned