you now some live pictures from iran and this is mashad in iran where the body of major general hossam somali has arrived as you can see thousands of people there thousands of mourners paying their respects to the commander of the islamic revolutionary guards elite forces who was targeted by u.s. forces in baghdad on friday his body in my shot in the holy city of my shot it will be later flown to tehran and then his hometown of care mon for burial on tuesday 3 days of mourning under way right now in iran following the assassination of major general hossam somali a senior political analyst. is with us now in the studio impressive crosses who've seen in iran today. will this assassination you think before we go to what's happening in iraq well this is us a nation bolster the position of the iranian regime today absolutely it's already clear over the last 48 hours how the voices for the regime have drowned the voices against the regime on the streets of tehran on the streets of karbala in the south and certainly on the streets of iraq as well so. whether he meant it or not but by assassinating.

now far from the streets of baghdad or terribly assassination of general hossam somali essential question through the large iranian american community in california to zeros rob reynolds reports now from los angeles. well sanjay all is home to more people of iranian descent than any city other than tehran the crisis over the assassination of general qassam sola mahdi has cast a fearful shadow over the sunlit streets there's a lot of fear and anxiety and just worry about what's to come people are worried about yet another war in the region and in their homeland impacting their family and loved ones in a farsi language book shop on westwood boulevard proprietor sam begs the day says president trump is only interested in his own political ambitions. for reelection he's trying to make it a lot at the media at least and because of that he made everything on safe at holborn president tom is not a merely funny president thrawn is not a politician mini b. he was a businessman he doesn't understand anything he's brainless travel agent michael amir he says the crisis has affected his business a lot

hakim he called on all sides to work towards deescalation out of the us kill the rainy and general hossam somali in libya the book banks government aligned with warlords as a ceasefire with tripoli based government is over according to the un recognized government of national code fighting has broken out south of the capital and is responded to tanks and artillery fire on monday jna and have time begun talks in moscow to end the conflict but general have to left without a deal being agreed russia's defense minister said after the needed time to discuss the agreement with his allies in pakistan winter storms have killed over 100 people . rescue workers are battling harsh conditions to reach those stranded in baluchistan and pakistan administered kashmir but those are the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera after life abstention counseling. trade tensions could cut global economic growth by north point 8 percent we bring you the stories in developments that are regularly changing the world we live in for example china be a drag on the global economy in 2020 counting the cost on al-jazeera.