iran says it accidentally shot down a ukrainian passenger jet president hassan rouhani describes it as an unforgettable instate. hello again i missed us here today and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up amman sultan qaboos inside outside dies at the age of 79 without public key naming his successor. the un security council when news the syrian aid operation but scale that to avoid a russian veto. and very thing begins for elections that are expected to keep taiwan's pro independence leader in power months to the annoyance of china. now iran has admitted its military shot down a ukrainian passenger jet by accident killing all 176 people on board the plane crashed shortly after takeoff from tehran on wednesday after iran fired missiles targeting u.s. forces based in iraq western countries have been piling pressure on iran which it spent days denying that it was responsible for the crash while iran's foreign minister job and zarif tweeted this a sad day preliminary conclusions of internal investigation by armed forces human error at time of crisis caused by u.s. adventurism

two problems, hassan rouhani on the left is still in power. also that photo never happened. he and president obama never met in person. the original undoctored picture you can see here taken in 25011 at a meeting between mr. obama and the prime minister of india. congressman gosar called his critics dim mitted implying he knew all along the picture was a fake. >>> a nasa astronaut sharing this heavenly image from the first meteor shower of the decade along with the northern lights. christina cook tweeted this composite image of bright fireball meteors as they blazed into the atmosphere. cook recently broke the record for the longest running spaceflight for a woman. >> that's really beautiful, isn't it? thanks for joining us this

iranian president hassan rouhani says in a tweet, he deeply regrets the disastrous mistake and vows tocute those responsible for downing the plane. >> that crash killed 176 people on board the flight. iran isn't taking all responsibility, it blames radar activity and aggression for the mistake. let's talk about more live in the region with sam kiley in baghdad, iraq. sam, iraq is caught in the balance of this thing, and there's a blame game going back and forth, on what happened with the plane, indirect downing of the plane, mistaken downing of the plane, how does that play into the broader tension? >> reporter: well, i think, really, george, it's sort of tragically symbolic of the dangers of the casualties that will follow from any escalation in this region to innocent lives. in this case, it was an accidental downing of a jet. and in other cases it will be this term collateral damage, casualties that have flown to tens of hundred us of thousands in the region since the u.s.-led invasion back in 2003. in that context, of course, we've had this tit for tat exchange in the united states

caused the missile to be fired iran's foreign minister tweeted meanwhile the country's president hassan rouhani called the attack a disastrous mistake they're both face comes after iran maintained that's a technical fault had been to blame for the crash even after u.s. canadian and british intelligence concluded that a surface to air missile had caused the tragedy. of. canada in particular has paid a high price for the recent saber rattling between iran and the u.s. this vigil in toronto was $1.00 of dozens across the country that paid tribute to the $57.00 canadian citizens many of them university students and researchers who were among the dead. these people that were on the plane they were young they were academics they were engineers this is compulsory it's more canadian prime minister just and she called for justice for the families of the victims and said he expects the full cooperation of iran. and they have been protests in the last few hours outside the i'm a cupboard university in tech wrong students were initially holding a vigil for the victims of the crash but what started as morni

a sentiment echoed by president hassan rouhani who also had a strong message for the united states. 'd this great men deserve not to be killed by any ordinary person or terrorist but to be killed by history's biggest terrorist when this general died the whole u.s. army is put on alert and the entire region of the country is now officially in mourning on the streets of the capital on saturday iran prepares to say goodbye to one of its most important figures. major general hossam so i knew that image is now in full this way across there on people here credit the safety and security that they enjoy to have horses managed to keep groups such as i saw. no one. people here are demanding. i've only seen him on t.v. but i feel like i've lost my father the iranian revolutionary guard corps and the army have to take their revenge our hearts are hurting i express our condolences to his family. and supremely just said the era of hit and run is done we'll get a crushing response is the blood of losses that have kept this country going i can't believe it's gone so i cannot bear. major general sal

strike continues to go the wrong supreme leader ayatollah ali how many and president hassan rouhani led prayers at the funeral proceedings in the capital early on monday so the man whose body will now be taken to come on will be buried on tuesday. well amid the funeral proceedings u.s. president donald trump has warned iraq that him pose heavy sanctions if it expels american troops iraq's parliament has voted to expel foreign forces in retaliation for the u.s. strike that killed sunday money last week near baghdad airport now iran is about to head back and it suspended its commitments under the 2050 nuclear deal and nato leaders are about to begin an emergency meeting to discuss the situation we will go to washington the committee help that is standing by in just a moment and we'll also check in with the sama been job and he'll be live for us in baghdad but 1st let's go to door. in tehran and also we have been watching those pictures all day of enormous crowds across the country attending the funeral procession which has now ended. yes it was a larger than expected crowd i think we can

airstrike near baghdad's airport on friday iranian president hassan rouhani visited the family of sort of early on saturday morning. that the americans do not realize what a big mistake they've made they will see the consequences of their mistake not only today but in the years to come this great man deserved not to be killed by an ordinary person or terrorist but to be martyred by the history's biggest terrorist in this general is martyred the whole u.s. army is put on alert in the entire region so mommy's assassination has inflamed already tense relations between the u.s. and iran the pentagon says it will deploy more than $3000.00 troops of the region to boost security libyan warlord honey for half star says his fight is now against a quote foreign occupier after turkey's parliament agreed to send troops to libya after those forces have been attacking the capital tripoli since april libya's un recognized government asked turkish president rage of time i heard you in for support the u.s. and arab league of all expressed concern about turkey's decision will shortly after have to are m

they are going to restart enriching at fordo and they did the president hassan rouhani is in charge of making decisions about iran's nuclear program within a body called the supreme national security council this is a very important body that is made up of various different heads of governments they've said that they're ready to go back to their commitments until when they see the european signatories go back to their door so we're going to leave it there for now thank you very much for that from tehran and the e. hughes diplomatic chief has just spoken to reporters and says the goal of the dispute mechanism is not to impose new sanctions on iran but rather to find solutions. to recap our top stories on al-jazeera now the remaining e.u. the signatories to the iran nuclear deal have triggered what's known as the dispute mechanism that means there are about 60 days before the u.n. security council has to decide if the deal is dead if seoul iran will be hit with new sanctions. turkey's president has issued a stalker warning to libya's warlord $24.00 have to go on says turkey won't hesitat

airstrike near baghdad airport on friday iranian president hassan rouhani visited the family of sort of money early on saturday morning 'd. this great man deserved not to be killed by any ordinary person or terrorist but to be killed by history's biggest terrorist when this general died the whole u.s. army is put on alert in the entire region in iran thousands of people across the country including several 100 students at the university of tehran denouncing the united states for sort of money society the nation many are shouting death to the u.s. and calling for revenge. meanwhile a red flag has been symbolically raised over the qur'an mosque in iran's holy city of qom its are traditional shiite symbol of blood spilled unjustly and a call to avenge the person who was killed a top revolutionary guards general has threatened attacks on ships in the persian gulf and to punish americans wherever they reach. the death toll from syria's 9 years civil war has reached 380000 that's according to the syrian observatory for human rights it comes as forces loyal to president bashar al assad resu

connection with the downing of a ukrainian airliner speaking a short while ago iran's president hassan rouhani said all those responsible will be punished but he also said no single person could be blamed for what is called an unforgivable era 176 people were killed when the military mistakenly shot down the passenger jet last wednesday that speaks to our correspondent in tehran. president rouhani says everyone responsible for the shooting down of the ukrainian fane will be held accountable and already some arrests have been made what more do we know. well the judiciary spokes person same as mine he has been speaking this morning and he said that some arrests have been made in relation to that ukrainian airplane crash now the fallout of this crash is continuing president rouhani has been speaking this morning and he seemed quite subdued he expressed condolences to the victims of the plane crash and he said that he tried very hard to shorten the time the investigation when he found out the reasons for the crash that people should be made aware of it he said that the armed forces were very coope

president hassan rouhani has appeared on tv to discuss the accidental shohooting down of te ukrainianassenger jet. only one person could not be held responsibility for the fatal crash. iran's judiciary saying arrests have been made to the crash killed 176 people who were on board the flight at the time. >> calling the tragedy of painful unforgivable mistake, iran's president hassan rouhani promised a thorough investigation into last week'ss shootingng down of a passesenger jet. he ordered the judiciary to set up a special court to deal with the case. >> this is not a normal case. the whole world will be watching. who should be punished must be punished. >> iranian authorities said some of those accused of having a role in the disaster had already been arrested without providing further details. wednesday, ukraine's international airline flight 572 crashed near tehran's airport with one hundred 76 people on board. amid heightened tensions between iran and the u.s. following the killing of a totop iranian gegeneral. tehran initially claimed technical problems were to blame but then late

iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali how many and president hassan rouhani held prayers that the funeral proceedings in the iranian capital to express their grief as iranians packed the streets of tehran well 3 official days of mourning have been declared so the money is going to early to tell the crowd that his father's death would bring a dark day to the u.s. . well ball the funeral for sort of money is on the way u.s. president has warned iraq that he imposes heavy sanctions if it expels american troops iraq's parliament voted in favor of removing foreign forces in retaliation for the u.s. strike that killed sunday morning last week me a baghdad airport fallout from the assassination is spreading through the middle east iran is vowing to hit back at has suspended its commitments under the 2050 nuclear do and later on monday nato leaders will gather for an emergency meeting to discuss the situation let's bring in our correspondent dosage of our issues joining us live from the iranian capital those incredible pictures of massive crowds attending the funeral procession earlier do also in

the iranian president, hassan rouhani, has said america has made a strategic mistake by killing tehranost senior military commander, and warned the us will face difficult days ahead. the funeral procession for qassem soleimani has been taking place in baghdad after he was killed by a drone strike at the city's airport on thursday night. president trump said he ordered the action to stop a war, not start one, and was not seeking regime change in iran. the foreign office has warned against all travel to iraq, and all but essential travel to iran. david willis reports. american officials say the air strike that killed qassem soleimani was carried out in self defence. they say the man who's been blamed for the deaths of hundreds of americans in the middle east over the years was plotting a major attack on us diplomats and military personnel. at a rally last night in florida, president trump said that threat had now been lifted. qassem soleimani has been killed and his bloody rampage is now forever gone. he was plotting attacks against americans, but now we've ensured that his atrocities ha

iran's president hassan rouhani has vowed to punish the people responsible for shooting down a ukrainian passenger plane the statement comes after 3 consecutive days of demonstrations by protesters outraged over tehran's initial denials of involvement . in talks in russia between libya's warring factions have ended after the abrupt death watcher of rebel leader khalifa haftar arts russia and russian and turkish mediators said have failed. signed a cease fire deal throwing the future of the fragile truce into doubt. this year's oscar nominations have been announced dark comic book drama joker leads the pack with 11 nominations including best picture and best director its star clocking phoenix received a nod for best actor. this is it every news from berlin for more follow us on twitter at the news service at our website at www dot com. you're watching the debate is coming up next is to call for the bundesliga mid-season to refer you apart to our male rock in berlin on behalf of all of us thank you so much. for coming. in. to. kick off. big time with you hard to. this time the record holde

holding the tragedy a painful unforgivable mistake i iran's president hassan rouhani promised a thorough investstigation into l last wees shootdown of f a ukraiainian passenger jet. he said he ordered the judiciary to set up a special court to deal with the case. or diva mahmoud de knees this is nonot a normal cae y'all be dog gone the whole world will be watching. how to cast well you. should be punished as it must be punished as out. iranian authorities said some of those accused of having a role in the disaster had already been arrested withouout providing further details. last wednesday ukraine international airlines flight seven five two crashed near tehran apples with one hundred and seventy six people on board. amid heightened tensions between iran and the u. s. following the killing of a top iranian general in iraq. tehran ende sneak their technicalal problems were to blame but later admdmitted that its revolutionary got a accidentally shot it down hours after it had fired missiles at u. s. target in iraq the venice that mantas death. the announcement las sense of outrage among t

iranian president hassan rouhani has warned u.s. president to never threaten his country. back to take you through the day. the phone. actually risk meter just shows numbers but red shows. the assume such hot. cars. coming. credit the smart way to get when you're going to. read the clock mobility show. on do you don't. need to know that 77 percent. are younger than thanks ah. that's me and me and you. think you know what time off boyce is one. of the 77 percent who talk about the issues. from the toilet seat to flash from housing boom boom boom town this is where. welcome to the 77 percent. this weekend on d w. w talk show. strong opinions clear positions from international perspective some. every week. we get to the point on our current topic. that. something will come it is right. to the point. of. the 1st a full week of 2020 has begun and the world is worried about a war between the u.s. and iran a conflict that could easily blow up the middle east and a lot more tonight the european union is calling an emergency meeting asking will the iran's nuclear deal survive will

iran's president, hassan rouhani met with soleimani's family. the general's daughter asking, quoting now, who will take revenge, unquote, for her father's death. rouhani replied, everyone. iran's ambassador to the united nations telling cnn's erin burnett that the strike on soleimani was an act of war. >> they started a military war by assassinating -- by an act of terror against one of our top generals. so what else can we expect iran to do? we cannot just remain silent. we have to act and we will act. >> meanwhile the u.s. is sending about 2,800 troops into the middle east and president trump and his administration are defending the decision to kill soleimani telling a crowd in miami last night the general was preparing an imminent attack on americans. >> he was plotting attacks against americans, but now we have ensured that his atrocities have been stopped for good. they are stopped for good. i don't know if you know what was happening, but he was planning a very major attack and we got him. >> we have a team of reporters around the world co

a very very critical time we believe that he will also be meeting with the iranian president hassan rouhani later on saturday these meetings come at a time when the international community is extremely concerned about how wrong will retaliate to the assassination of major general money we've also been hearing from marine president hassan rouhani who will sit at the family of the assassinated general early on saturday morning let's hear some of what he had to say. 'd the americans do not realize what a big mistake they've made they will see the consequences of the mistake not only today but in the years to come this great men deserve not to be killed by an ordinary person or terrorist but to be mastered by the history's biggest terrorist in this general is matted the holy some is put on alert in the entire region. libyan warlord holy for have to say this is fine it is now against a foreign occupier of the turkey's parliament agreed to send troops to libya after us forces have been talking the capital tripoli since april maybe as un recognized government lost a turkish president recip type on

shot down a ukrainian passenger jet saying it could help calm tensions in the region president hassan rouhani described the firing in of a firing of an ad defense missile as a disastrous mistake. or many of the victims were from canada the country's prime minister justin trudeau says he has asked for honey for clear answers on what he calls a horrific tragedy and our other top story oman sultan qaboos has died at the age of 79 his cousin haitham been aside has been sworn in as his successor. just hours before it was hoped to cease fire would come into force in libya the leaders of russia and germany of call for peace talks all of her life after is refusing to stop the fighting but the team of putin and i'm glad merkel say a solution is still possible. we welcome the german initiative to have a conference in berlin on libya and we would like to invite all involved parties and states all decisions should be coordinated with those involved in the libya conflict and we should also have mr salami as the u.n. representative. i want to emphasize general secretary general good tears and me who are se

accompanied by the highest ranking members of the rayney an establishment by president hassan rouhani the speaker of parliament i larijani the head of the revolutionary guards major general salah me as well as the head of the judiciary ebrahim racey who was quite emotional himself and also the newly appointed head of the force was also standing very close to the supreme leader all of them quite emotional and then made no efforts to hide how they were feeling as they perform the service of the prayer service at tehran university just a short while ago now the coffin of the slain general is on its way now to the holy city of home but as we see from the large crowds that have gathered on the streets of tehran it's going to take some time to get there and once it does there will be another service there performed by religious leaders and then the coffin will be taken to its final resting place that is the hometown of the money in care mon in central iran where he will be very later on to say and do or so there's also been hasn't there a significant statement from iran tell us more. yes we

come any president hassan rouhani earlier held prayers the funeral proceedings in the arabian capital today of course has been made a public holiday in iran streets and the mayor poured have already been named after this man seen as one of the finding fathers of the country dosage a body has more the body is currently on route from the capital to the holy city of we can see the images that people have come out to say their goodbyes to the general and as it makes their conference this way to the holy city of rome where their people will also have a chance to pay their respects after that the coffin will make its way from home to his hometown of care mon city in central iran where he will be laid to rest later on tuesday iraqi politicians have voted to remove all foreign forces in response to the assassination of the re mean come on their custom so the money the bill of course still is non-binding and it still needs government approval u.s. president is threatening sanctions against iraq if it goes ahead with moves to expel foreign troops general jobs as american forces will not leave a

conducted the service alongside him was standing the country's president hassan rouhani as well as the head of parliament of the larijani and the head of iran's revolutionary guard major general salami also standing next to the supreme leader was the head of the country's judiciary you see and next to him the newly appointed head of the revolutionary guard force who was appointed by the supreme leader on friday upon the news of the assassination of major general us insulin money so the highest ranking members of the officials within iran standing next to the body of the late general as they said their final prayers this morning now the body is currently on route from the capital to the holy city of we can see the images that people have come out to say their goodbyes to the general and as it makes the coffin makes its way to the holy city of where their people will also have a chance to pay their respects after that the coffin will make its way from home to his hometown of care mon city in central iran where he will be laid to rest later on tuesday. we know or what can we i suppose spe

commitments iran says that it will continue to enrich uranium in a televised speech president hassan rouhani said the grand star suppost the limits set under the agreement a statement comes just days after 3 e.u. nations that were part of the deal launched a dispute mechanism could lead to more sanctions being imposed on iran. when the us pulled out of the nuclear deal we contacted the other party and expressed our preparedness to fulfill our obligations however today we in terms of the nuclear power we have no limit we are in a much better situation compared to before the deal our uranium enrichment today it's much higher than that stipulated in the deal we had signed we cannot sit. there bundled in their obligations we will reciprocate it's more on this now from al-jazeera as i said beg in tehran. it was a very defiant message by president rouhani now we know that iran has been phasing back it's cutting back its commitment in regards to that 2015 nuclear deal that started last year it's been in 5 phases the last phase was early january now according to that deal they're not allowed to enri

attack last friday but iran's president hassan rouhani said the real revenge for the assassination would be kicking the u.s. out of the region. money as. they cast off the hand of ideas soleimani edge you saw his revered hand in his body in videos and pictures the revenge for this is to force america out of this region the real revenge of the ultimate response by regional nations is when america is expelled from this region and its head of aggression is cast off for eva. another major story out of iran today 176 people have been killed in a plane crash outside tehran the ukraine international airlines flight went down shortly after takeoff ukraine's embassy in tehran says the plane had suffered engine failure. russia and turkey have opened a pipeline which they say has historical importance and allows russia to sell more gas to europe it also helps them bypass ukraine those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story next. u.s. targets in iran's size of the rise of missiles these iraq emitted bases hosting u.s. troops it's to iran's retaliation against the

iran's president hassan rouhani was quick to dismiss it he said trying to pull out of the- a cool to use. as the thing but undermine the situation. you can. germany have triggered a dispute mechanism against iran for violating the twentnty fifteen the e court. but all three say they remain committed to that deal. no i a new host as it rejected before you could gets anywhere near the table. the day after boris johnson suggested discussing nuclear disagreements hassan rouhani has turned down any offers to negotiatate with the united states. in all yeah we don't know what mister minister in london thinks he said we should set aside the nuclear deal and implement trump's plan. what's trumpp done except three chocolate mints and step on local and international regulation stand alone no romney's response comes as the uk france and germany triggered a dispute mechanism. send distance itstself frorom you cod deal by scrapping its ownwn enenriched uraniumum productiont surrrround sayays its decision s taken after donald trump related economic sanctions on the country even including a ban on o

has admitted that its military mistakenly shot down ukrainian passenger jet last week president hassan rouhani described the firing of an edifice missile in era as a disastrous mistake missile brought down the plane outside teheran killing all 176 people who were on board for such a pile reports to us now from the iranian capital. the final terrifying moments for 176 passengers and crew onboard a ukrainian airlines boeing 737 for days on iranian officials the night it had been shot down by one of their missiles but on saturday iran's revolutionary guard delivered this dramatic u. turn. it is us who are to blame the plane was on its way it did not have any error or mistake everyone worked very well efficiently it was us who made a mistake and we are responsible we should accept responsibility and accountability . the beleaguered admission has sparked protests in tehran they chant death to lie years and shameless as they demand those responsible for the missile strike to be brought to justice they're angry about the downing of the plane and they want accountability from the authorities. less tha

interesting is who is sitting next to this supreme leader on his right hand side is president hassan rouhani and his left hand side is the new leader of the goods force general carney now that shows you how significant and how important that role is of the good for style could force is a faction of iran's revolutionary guard force deals with operations outside of the country now these these these events now that are taking place you're hearing you the g.'s of them so the money is poetry being recycled images you'll see people crying still very upset still very emotional over his assassination because he was a very popular individual is one probably the 2nd most popular individual in this country and 2nd most powerful individual he was loved by many he was seen as someone that for tough isis and prevented them from reaching the borders of iran but also that he carried out operations try to unite factions outside of iran in iraq in yemen and work with the palestinians but also with lebanon's hezbollah. thank you very much indeed. the u.n. envoy to libya has welcomed calls by turkey and russia

a sentiment echoed by president hassan rouhani who also had a strong message for the united states. 'd this great men deserve not to be killed by any ordinary person or terrorist but to be killed by history's biggest terrorist when this general died the whole u.s. army is put on alert and the entire region of the country is now officially in mourning on the streets of the capital on saturday iran prepares to say goodbye to one of its most important figures. major general the monies that america is now unfocused way across there on people here credit the safety and security that they enjoy to him horses who have managed to keep away groups such as i saw. no one. people here are demanding. money i've only seen him on t.v. but i feel like i've lost my father the iranian revolutionary guard corps and the army have to take their revenge our hearts are hurting i express our condolences to his family. like the supremely just said the era of hit and run is done look at a crushing response is the blood of losses that have kept this country going i can't believe it's gone so i cannot man. maj

military unintentionally shot down this ukrainian plane killing all 176 people on board president hassan rouhani has described it as a great tragedy and unforgivable mistake iran's foreign minister to vets the reef express his condolences human error he wrote at a time of crisis caused by us adventurism lead to disaster i state a readiness the fact that everybody is expecting some sort of retaliation from the us that some low level operator sitting in a missile battery ole miss all blip and launched a missile at it. for days they ran deny responsibility but the u.s. and other western countries said they had evidence that proved otherwise canada says it's investigators are waiting for to iran to give them full access to date the iranians have issued to visas and we expect the other visas will be granted soon so we can begin providing consular services help with the advent of fixation of the victims and obviously participate in the investigation. criticism was raised when debris from the wreckage was moved from the crash site possibly tainting evidence but now the attention may turn to a political

he said that we need full clarity and to go also said that he spoke to the iranian president hassan rouhani by telephone and demanded full clarity and he said that the he does expect full cooperation from iranian authorities but iran's admission that it shot down the plane is an important step and just a reminder that iran and canada do not have formal diplomatic relations while those comments by the 2 leaders ukraine's president and canada's prime minister come hours after iran made a dramatic u. turn and admitted as were saying shooting down that ukrainian airliner describing it though as a disastrous mistake 176 people were killed when the plane crashed on wednesday a commander with the revolutionary guards. apologized to the nation and accepted full responsibility he says the plane was brought down by a short range missile soon after takeoff from ron it was the same night iran launched missiles that iraqi bases housing u.s. troops. meanwhile what's happening to ron is that crowds of students in the center of the capital are protesting the government's response to the airliners down. the

deal commitments iran says it will continue to enrich uranium in a televised speech president hassan rouhani said iran has now surpassed the limits set under the agreement a statement comes after 3 e.u. nations that were party to the deal and watched a dispute mechanism that could lead to additional sanctions being imposed on iran after there is a said baker has more on ronnie's comments that he's still willing to entertain talks. it was a very defiant message by president rouhani now we know that iran has been phasing back is cutting back its commitments in regards to that 2015 nuclear deal that started last year it's been in 5 phases the last phase was early january now according to that deal they're not allowed to enrich uranium past 3.67 percent we know that it's over 4.5 percent we know that they're not allowed to stockpile uranium more than 300 kilograms we know that they've exceeded that but iran has been very clear and transparent about this that they've said that the europeans are not sticking to their commitments as part of that deal so iran has slowly been reducing its commitments

procession made its way through the capital supreme leader ayatollah ali common a and president hassan rouhani both led prayers in his honor meanwhile iraq has called on the u.n. security council to condemn the killing of so the money and the iraqi paramilitary leader killed alongside him and a u.s. airstrike last week secretary general antonio is also calling for restraint. and u.s. defense secretary marcus misses the u.s. has no plans to pull out of iraq his comments coming after alessio was leaked to iraqi media saying u.s. forces will be repositioning over the course of the coming days and weeks the pentagon says the letter doesn't reflect current policy and it was a mistake to be sent there without its own though with more of that from washington . as soon as this came out it was immediately interpreted as that u.s. troops are pulling out then the top brass of the pentagon all came out immediately after figuring this out and saying whoa this letter was not supposed to be released it was just a draft and it was leaked and that what the letter is meant to say is that all the u.s. is doing i

they discussed all the ramifications of the assassination of the money the reigning president hassan rouhani said that the united states has to be held accountable for their crimes and he reiterated that the u.s. is now responsible for the security that this is created in the region if my speak with iran's foreign minister as they would have to say. yes ma'am as of odds are it was an event secretary on dialogue a forum where he addressed the latest issue of him not getting a visa to attend the united nations security council meeting which he was invited weeks ago he said that the united states has refused to give him a visa to go to the u.n. in new york later this week let's hear what he had to say. iran would respond because that was an act of war. an act of will combined with an act of terrorism against a senior official of the stomach republic of iran and its citizens we don't and we are bound to protect our citizens. but united states had other admits it's embraced of creating so many people outside iran and so you know that will have consequences for the united states and i believe the

iranian general qassim salim money the super meta ayatollah ali home the night and the president hassan rouhani helped pres the proceedings in the iranian capital so the money was killed in a u.s. air raid early on friday huge crowds mourn the death which has sparked condemnation from leaders who fit tension in the region as a baby is in teheran many commentators have said that they've never seen so many people there 2 years since the funeral of the founder of this limit republic to the home of the people who are caring that cause the current pictures of course and for the money people chanted and sang and some people even cried now this is the 2nd day of mourning the act of the 3 days of mourning the coffin was then taken to go home and to more route taken to come on we're got some of the money is expected to be buried meanwhile the u.s. president is threatening sanctions against iraq if it goes ahead with moves to expel foreign troops donald trump says american forces will not leave unless iran pays for the u.s. base that's that it can take iraqi prime minister told the u.s. ambassador that t

have in regards to this attack because they want to hold people accountable and the president hassan rouhani has said that this should be a thorough investigation to find out how this happened and individuals prosecuted if necessary so there's still a lot of anger here inside iran is deeply embarrassing for iran internally but also internationally after saying that the west was making these allegations up but also this questions about how this happened why were things not grounded why was the no fly zone over there are in fact all of iran especially when you were expecting the united states to retaliate so there's still many unanswered questions indeed thank you very much for the moment outside big life for a scene tehran let's further analyze these latest developments now and bring in our senior political analyst marwan bashar marwan very good to have you with us this events and this tragic tragic incident couldn't have come at a worse time for iran i mean you have a failed nuclear deal the assassination. the revolutionary guard top commander kasim salem money on a me on the verge of collap

streets in tehran for the funeral procession supreme leader ayatollah khomeini and president hassan rouhani held prayers in his honor forces loyal to libyan warlord holy for have to have reached the center of the strategic coastal city of sirte trying to wrest control from the un recognized government it's part of have to is wider offensive to try and take the capital tripoli. venezuela's new parliament speaker is insisting his election as new leader of the national assembly was legitimate on sunday there were a chaotic scenes in caracas as troops physic the opposition leader one quater and his allies from taking part in the vote lighter had expected to be reelected a protests have been held across india condemning an attack that targeted students and teachers at a problem university in new delhi protesters say students affiliated with the ruling b j p carried out the attack. the up to date with the headlines here an undeserving makes up its own story. growing fallout over the killing of iran stop military. votes to expel foreign troops now president sanctions against baghdad so what will t

of people have died over 50 and over 200 have been injured we've heard from iranian president hassan rouhani who has expressed his condolences to the victim's families. understand that the burial will be taking place shortly now after about a 6 hour delay the officials were trying to clear the crowds from the streets of this city in central iran care mon is a relatively small city in central iran it's about home 282-0000 people but the number of crowds that came out to bid farewell to this general was just more than the authorities there were prepared for we know that some of the victims came from as far away as the southern city of boston shiraz so the we know that the mourners weren't just from the area of care mon in his hometown area from all over the country they gathered to bid farewell. earlier as well the parliament passed some important legislation that was immediately approved by the guardian council that is the authority that approves bills from parliament now it means that the courts force is 200000000 euros richer when it comes to defending itself that was a bill that was approv

shot down the ukrainian passenger plane on wednesday killing everyone on board iran's president hassan rouhani called it a great tragedy and unforgivable mistake 176 people died when the plane came down. up next world stories takes a look at the protest in hong kong and a medical emergency in colombia. and don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site it's to give you dot com spicer thanks for joining us i think i. can i am going to get. sick claims and he still has no interest in new kiran. and james does it can. keep me and. you.

well there is a lot of criticism at the moment for president hassan rouhani he has not made a public announcement or public statement about the plane crash that was the plane that was shot down by the revolutionary guards he's only issued a written statement something that's drawing a lot of criticism there's also criticism of the british ambassador was summoned to the foreign ministry because he attended a vigil service outside a university in tehran on saturday and as a result of that we saw a number of people gathering outside the british embassy demanding that he be expelled and the british embassy shut down completely so there's a lot of moving parts in different elements we're also hearing of a number of people who are trying to gather various points across the capital this evening but because of the heavy security presence they haven't been able to gather this is to express their at discontent at the way the government has handled the announcement of the confession that they were actually responsible the issue of the remains have at the moment is mainly with the fact that the

cross over to journalist razor cuts who is in tehran raise it we've heard from iran's president hassan rouhani this morning the country's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei has also been speaking what have they said about the attack. well this morning the leader said the retaliation the revenge was just a slap in the face of the u.s. to michelle. last night this morning not that they said. i know that ultimately events as to how to keep the u.s. out of the risen. bill be the absolute revenge for generously money assassination the president also said later today. the u.s. removed the hand of general still a money from his body and in retaliation iran and of course its allies in the region build cars off the us from the region. ok iran's leaders clearly want the u.s. out of the region iran's foreign minister mohammad java celebrates however tweeted that his country had taken and concluded proportionate measures in self-defense adding we do not seek escalation of war or is it do you think that's really the end of it from iran's signed. at least the military response is the end of that. militar

even today, hassan rouhani spoke and said, yes, iasked even today, hassan rouhani spoke and said, yes he said he did not know until three days after the incident it was not a technical problem. he is not being honest and that creates a lot of anger. they talk about honesty but they don't show any honesty. and a separate issue, we had a statement from the iranian president today who said us troops are unsafe, tomorrow the european troops may be insecure. that appears to me to be the first direct threat he has made a european troops. you are absolutely right. they are increasing threats and this is the first sign that hassan rouhani is threatening the lives of european soldiers. he was angry today when he spoke, the foreign minister also spoke and he was clearly very angry. toa to a certain degree they have a right to be angry, this was an international deal, the united states was pa rt international deal, the united states was part of it, president trump decided to withdraw unilaterally and iran says it isn't fair. now europe is getting closer and closer to the british prime minister a

iranian president hassan rouhani about his country would strike back against the us as he met with so money's daughter. mr rouhani when the blood of my father's friends were shot at he would take revenge for them now who is going to take revenge for my father's blood. they will everyone will get revenge for the murders blood don't you worry about that iran has appointed general a smile gandhi to replace the money will now be responsible for the country's foreign military operations meanwhile the u.s. and its allies are bracing for retaliation from tehran. i. will d.w. correspondent stefan siemens is following the story from washington and he sent us these assessments the president is standing by his assumption that it was absolutely necessary to take out to eliminate iranian military their custom so lemony he had he says received solid evidence and intelligence about sort of money being involved in planning a major attack against u.s. personnel in the middle east democrats are not so sure and a little bit suspicious they want to see this evidence from the president the white house is

it comes after iranian president hassan rouhani vowed during a meeting with stolen money still to that his country will retaliate. mr rouhani when the blood of my father's friends were shed he would take revenge for them now who is going to take revenge for my father's blood. they will everyone will get revenge for the martyrs blood don't you worry about that meanwhile u.s. president trump warned that the u.s. is ready to respond should iran strike any americans or american assets trump has repeatedly claimed that the money's killing was necessary to protect american lives . selami was plotting. eminent and sinister attacks on american diplomats and military personnel we took action last like just stop a war. we did not take action to start a war. to iran has appointed general ismail ghani to replace alemany kill now be responsible for iran's foreign military operations the well will iran take revenge and in what form earlier i spoke with the w.'s iran expect to face a topper. well we might have already gotten an impression of how this revenge could look like with the missiles and back

iranian president hassan rouhani vowed his country would strike back against the u.s. as he met with solmonese daughter. mr rouhani when the blood of my father's friends were shed he would take revenge for them now who is going to take revenge for my father's blood. they will everyone will get revenge for the martyrs blood don't you worry about that iran has appointed general a smile gunny to replace all the money will now be responsible for the country's foreign military operations meanwhile the u.s. and its allies are bracing for retaliation from tehran. for more on this story we're joined in the studio by d.w. reported today is a top and in washington by the use stefan siemens. reports say that several missiles have full and near the u.s. embassy in baghdad are u.s. troops in danger at all. i would say not immediate danger because of course the u.s. troops are on high alert for the last 48 hours that means their kind of intensive painting something like this to happen perhaps and are decently prepared you would think so however before this backdrop of the u.s. takin

iranian president hassan rouhani vowed his country would strike back against the u.s. as he met with solmonese daughter. mr rouhani when the blood of my father's friends were shed he would take revenge for them now who is going to take revenge for my father's blood. they will everyone will get revenge for the martyrs blood don't you worry about that. iran has appointed general a smile gandhi to replace the money will now be responsible for the country's foreign military operations meanwhile the u.s. and its allies are bracing for retaliation from tehran. well u.s. president donald trump has warned iran that the consequences would be die if it retaliated i have a general so the money is killing trump said the u.s. was targeting $52.00 specific sites in iran here's some of what he tweeted a little bit earlier. he writes let these serve as a warning that if we run strikes any americans or american assets iran itself will be hit very fast and very hot the usa wants no more threats well will iran take revenge and in what form earlier i spoke with a d w z iran expert 10 days

iran's elite military unit and iran's most important military commander the iranian president hassan rouhani visited the family of soul chris daughter asked the president to avenge her father mr rouhani when the blood of my father's friends were said he would take revenge for them now who is going to take revenge for my father's blood. they will everyone will get revenge for the martyrs blood don't you worry about that. keeps all the money was the mastermind behind iran's military engagement in the middle east for the last 2 decades and a close ally of iran supreme leader. u.s. president donald trump says the strike was necessary to prevent what he called imminent and sinister attacks on americans we took action last like to stop a war we did not. take action to start a war i have deep respect for the iranian people they are a remarkable people with an incredible heritage an unlimited potential we do not seek regime change however the iranian regime has aggression in the region including the use of proxy fighters to destabilize its neighbors must stand it must stand now. solmonese blamed for

iranian president hassan rouhani visited the family of some money sharing harsh words for the us. we know nothing and the americans are not aware of the big mistake they have made. they will face the consequences of their crime not only today but also in the coming years. q so money was the mastermind behind iran's military engagement in the middle east for the last 2 decades he was a close ally of iran's supreme leader. as u.s. president donald trump says the airstrike was necessary to prevent an imminent attack on americans. we took action last light to stop a war. we did not take action to start a war i have deep respect for the iranian people they are a remarkable people with an incredible heritage an unlimited potential we do not seek regime change however the iranian regime is aggression in the region including the use of proxy fighters to destabilize its neighbors must end it must end now. so money is blamed for attacks that killed thousands of people across the region but many in iran say his death amounts to a declaration of war. as angry militia members in iraq and iran

it comes after iranian president hassan rouhani vowed during a meeting with so many store that his country will retaliate. mr rouhani when the blood of my father's friends were shed he would take revenge for them now who is going to take revenge for my father's blood. they will everyone will get revenge for the martyrs blood don't you worry about that meanwhile u.s. president trump warned that the u.s. is ready to respond should iran strike any americans or american assets trump has repeatedly claimed that solomon is killing was necessary to protect american lives . to iran has appointed general esmail ghani to replace alemany kill now be responsible for iran's foreign military operations the joining me from tehran is amir hub vasili a journalist with the a.f.p. news agency i mean president trump has warned iran the u.s. has already chosen 52 iranian targets what do you make of this is certain end of this very specific number. well 1st of all i don't exactly realize where that numbers come in is pointing out to a number of cultural sites and important places in iran that could be anything