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i was saying clearly some money from the budget of iran is going to go to the irgc, it always has.urprise. but the truth is dsn't know this, but the fact is his own defense intelligence agency in 2017 testified to the congress that very, very little money actually went to the irgc at all. most of the money economy of iran which is precisely what i said and what we all said. so the irgc has never had a problem getting money, margaret, but the fact is, donald trump keeps saying they got $150 billion, a lie, he keeps saying all of that money went to pay for it, it did not. his own defense intelligence agency says most of the money went for the economy of the country. so, you know, we have to stop dealing with questions on donald trump's lies and start dealing with the reality of what is going on, the fact is that the vast proportion of that money went to the economy of iran. >> brennan: yes. >> and they are always going to be funding the irgc, there was no question about a that. >> brennan: right. >> and the irgc budget has not gone up markedly because of the agreement, period. >> mr.
i was saying clearly some money from the budget of iran is going to go to the irgc, it always has.urprise. but the truth is dsn't know this, but the fact is his own defense intelligence agency in 2017 testified to the congress that very, very little money actually went to the irgc at all. most of the money economy of iran which is precisely what i said and what we all said. so the irgc has never had a problem getting money, margaret, but the fact is, donald trump keeps saying they got $150...
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and this was the irgc's perspective. and it hit back hard. i think this attack on soleimani, that is celebrated at the end of the irgc, it's going to collapse, i'm not an expert on, this but everything i read from the experts tell me they're very adaptable and have ways to assert their influence and the new commander there, will find ways to assert influence. i think all of that means that they will leverage this situation. having said all that, this is hardly the end of protests. not at all. and i think, and this is something that we, of course, none of us anticipated in disaster with the ukrainian airline, and the downing and the protests precipitated by that which demonstrates this yawning gap between the iranian government on the one hand and its people, particularly the urban middle class, and the enormous alienation of that class towards the government. having said all that, and here is where i'll finish up, if you want to find a way of creating a context in which those protests could have meaningful impact on iran's own internal politi
and this was the irgc's perspective. and it hit back hard. i think this attack on soleimani, that is celebrated at the end of the irgc, it's going to collapse, i'm not an expert on, this but everything i read from the experts tell me they're very adaptable and have ways to assert their influence and the new commander there, will find ways to assert influence. i think all of that means that they will leverage this situation. having said all that, this is hardly the end of protests. not at all....
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they have an army and they have the irgc. together that puts in about 400,000 troops. they also have militias spread over there. so this is a lot of firepower against a lot of firepower. obviously the u.s. firepower is a lot more serious than what iran has, but that is going to make a very dangerous situation in iran. if we do get into a shooting match between tehran and washington in that region, i think iran is going to throw everything it has towards u.s. troops and possibly other u.s. allies in the region as we've seen in the past. so we have to see exactly what iran'sat next move is, how they decide that they are going to take what they call revenge for qassim soleimani's death. what scale of reprisal they are going to launch and what the united states' response to that will be. >> let me just ask you, you may be answering the question here in your commentary so far, your reporting so far. but the question of how confident we can be that iran will launch some kind of attack in response to this. let me ask you from this standpoint. you mentioned the confidence with
they have an army and they have the irgc. together that puts in about 400,000 troops. they also have militias spread over there. so this is a lot of firepower against a lot of firepower. obviously the u.s. firepower is a lot more serious than what iran has, but that is going to make a very dangerous situation in iran. if we do get into a shooting match between tehran and washington in that region, i think iran is going to throw everything it has towards u.s. troops and possibly other u.s....
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so because of this corruption in the system, because of this presence of irgc and the foundations that susan has written a lot about, in the iranian economy, in the iranian system this maximum pressure campaign has become really effective. it's not, it's not the exact analogy but so this morning talking about narcosis and i think when you think about these druglords in different countries, mexico and colombia, they own charities . they own hospitals and sometimes these schools run by the full board or the hospitals run by druglords and in colombia or mexico, they're much better run than the government hospitals and schools. so if that drug lord is arrested or subjected to sanctions, that's going to affect that hospital and that university. i think it's happening to them. >> you're not blaming the united states as the architects of their misery what you're blaming the regime. which is precisely what the administration was hopingfor . >> because independent journalists cannot work in iran, because you cannot do independent service in iran, i'm not sure how many people blame the us, how m
so because of this corruption in the system, because of this presence of irgc and the foundations that susan has written a lot about, in the iranian economy, in the iranian system this maximum pressure campaign has become really effective. it's not, it's not the exact analogy but so this morning talking about narcosis and i think when you think about these druglords in different countries, mexico and colombia, they own charities . they own hospitals and sometimes these schools run by the full...
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qudsleimani is head of the force, the external arm of the irgc. the irgc itself has a tremendous amount of problems as we have seen how they have been involved in the repression of the iranian people, seen just in the last couple of weeks. but suleimani was head of the external activities. as a, he was receiving -- he had an image that was separate from that of the irgc. polls made by u.s. entities have showed he had popularity levels whihich0% inside of iran, is l largely because a large pat of that population viewed him as a key reason as to why isis was defeated, as to why radicalism and terrorism did not reach iran . this is not going to be something i think that will hurt the regime. on the contrary, i think that will utilize this in order to be able to consolidate their power and on top of that, move the iranian governmentnt in a much more repressive as well as hockish direcection then it was before. amy: finally, of course the u.s. is calling him a terrorist. moran, hero. 'slk about suleimani significance around the world and the fact that
qudsleimani is head of the force, the external arm of the irgc. the irgc itself has a tremendous amount of problems as we have seen how they have been involved in the repression of the iranian people, seen just in the last couple of weeks. but suleimani was head of the external activities. as a, he was receiving -- he had an image that was separate from that of the irgc. polls made by u.s. entities have showed he had popularity levels whihich0% inside of iran, is l largely because a large pat...
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but the fact is the irgc had all the money it wanted. irgc wasn't starving at that point in time, and in fact, iran owed billions upon billions of dollars, most of that money went to pay off their debts and to facilitate their economic initiatives. so it's just not true that that money specifically directly went to the irgc. money is fungible in any budget. the irgc had its funding, they had its missiles long before we made any kind of arrangement with iran. >> do you believe iran when they say that retaliation is over? do you believe this sequence has ended? >> i think there's going to be ongoing tension with iran for some period of time until there is a legitimate negotiation that arrives at a new arrangement for the security of the region. that is what was available to this administration when we left office. they were prepared to negotiate. other countries in the region were prepared to negotiate. in fact, the arrangement was such that there was an opening to be able to negotiate about yemen, try to find peace in yemen, deal with the
but the fact is the irgc had all the money it wanted. irgc wasn't starving at that point in time, and in fact, iran owed billions upon billions of dollars, most of that money went to pay off their debts and to facilitate their economic initiatives. so it's just not true that that money specifically directly went to the irgc. money is fungible in any budget. the irgc had its funding, they had its missiles long before we made any kind of arrangement with iran. >> do you believe iran when...
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you have the publicce annonts from the irgc, from iran, from taib hezbollah. have the attacks that already happened, plus the intelligence. so really, it's -- mhen wee decisions in the u.s government, it's not based ong. one th it's based on a wide array of sources. and that's how the president came to this decision. he ultimately determined that e risk of keeping soleimani alive was greater than the risk of taking him out. so we took him out. >> u.s. secretary of state is saying that he wants to de-escalate tensions with iran. but is that really credible whe you've just taken out one of their key leaders? how are you going to do that? >> we actually think this action in fact does de-escalate. and the reason why we thinkhat is because taking him out gave us the ability, at least in the short term, to stop the immediate attacks. listen, we know there's many other risks involve here. we understand what the iranianas regime threatened. but they have been threatening this for a long time. they've not just been threatening it. they've been acting on it. so presiden
you have the publicce annonts from the irgc, from iran, from taib hezbollah. have the attacks that already happened, plus the intelligence. so really, it's -- mhen wee decisions in the u.s government, it's not based ong. one th it's based on a wide array of sources. and that's how the president came to this decision. he ultimately determined that e risk of keeping soleimani alive was greater than the risk of taking him out. so we took him out. >> u.s. secretary of state is saying that he...
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the irgc never wanted iran's nuclear ambitions curbed. irgc constantly has been the really aggressive arm of the iranian regime. if you have a chance of moving in a different direction and creating a longer-term stability in the region which is so critical to everybody, it can only come through negotiation. to date there has been little indication that this administration has really been serious about that negotiation. >> former secretary of state john kerry, cannot thank you enough for joining us tonight. mr. secretary, your insight on this has been unvaluable. the country needed to hear from you about this and i appreciate you joining us. >> glad to be with you. thank you so much, lawrence. >>> when we come back, the current secretary of state's briefing to the united states senate today could not have been worse. one senator said it was absolutely insane, and that senator is a republican. saturdays happen. pain happens. aleve it. aleve is proven stronger and longer on pain than tylenol. when pain happens, aleve it. all day strong. (hon
the irgc never wanted iran's nuclear ambitions curbed. irgc constantly has been the really aggressive arm of the iranian regime. if you have a chance of moving in a different direction and creating a longer-term stability in the region which is so critical to everybody, it can only come through negotiation. to date there has been little indication that this administration has really been serious about that negotiation. >> former secretary of state john kerry, cannot thank you enough for...
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he was the ed had of the foreign operations wing of the irgc. and i think exactly what barbara is saying is going to be one of the key questions. what kind of weapons were used in this? were these simple unguided rockets that were used or were these potentially maybe smaller ballistic missiles or even cruise missiles. one of the things, wolf, that military figures in iran have been telling me is they've been saying that their ballistic missile program and cruise missile program is something they've seriously invested into and something that has become more and more sophisticated over the years. so, if the iranians are trying to send a message that they can not only wage a conflict against the united states using their proxy forces in other places, but also do this in a more conventional way as well, then that certainly could be weapons of choice that the iranians might use. so, i think barbara is absolutely right to point out that one of the key questions is certainly going to be where did these rockets initiate, were these potentially possibly
he was the ed had of the foreign operations wing of the irgc. and i think exactly what barbara is saying is going to be one of the key questions. what kind of weapons were used in this? were these simple unguided rockets that were used or were these potentially maybe smaller ballistic missiles or even cruise missiles. one of the things, wolf, that military figures in iran have been telling me is they've been saying that their ballistic missile program and cruise missile program is something...
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and they could even take the option of striking directly using the irgc so there is no mistake where that retribution came from. so it's a very tense situation here and i can tell you many people in iran even though they do seek retribution, they expect iran to strike back and they're also anxious here. they're worrying what iran's next move is going to. what the united states' next move is going to be and what that means for the people that live in this country. hallie? >> secretary cohen is with us here on the set. world leaders have called for a de-escalation of this. what you heard from secretary pompeo in the last 20 minutes or so did not seem to move the ball closer to that. >> right. it seemed to send the signal that if you respond to what we have just done we'll hit you even harder, targeting other high level individuals. i think it's clear that the iranians are going to respond. they'll recalibrate the response so it's not too hard. not too soft. >> so a proportionate? >> a proportionate response. and there's something going on and that's putin. he is meeting with chancellor
and they could even take the option of striking directly using the irgc so there is no mistake where that retribution came from. so it's a very tense situation here and i can tell you many people in iran even though they do seek retribution, they expect iran to strike back and they're also anxious here. they're worrying what iran's next move is going to. what the united states' next move is going to be and what that means for the people that live in this country. hallie? >> secretary...
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of course, the designation f the irgc as a foreign terrorist organization set the stage for what's going on right now. history is there and the oreign influence in our system here is israel. forget about russia. e're talking about an entirely different magnitude. host: on sanctions, the president saying in particular, sanctions will remain until iran changes its that or and also saying additional sanctions likely to be announced. e're getting your thoughts to what president trump had to say minutes ago. spoke for about 10 minutes at and his response to the iranian missile attacks yesterday. garland, texas, on our republican line. sorry, we have john on the -- on the -- we'll go to carl in garland, texas. there?re you go ahead. caller: yes, sir. i'm here. host: go ahead. you are on the air. president trump is spot on with his attacks. he's doing the correct thing. e needs to keep pressure on iran. we've had trouble with them since 1959. i support the president 100%. right.all louisville, kentucky. we welcome mark on our democrats' line. hey, good morning. host: good morning. caller: i'd l
of course, the designation f the irgc as a foreign terrorist organization set the stage for what's going on right now. history is there and the oreign influence in our system here is israel. forget about russia. e're talking about an entirely different magnitude. host: on sanctions, the president saying in particular, sanctions will remain until iran changes its that or and also saying additional sanctions likely to be announced. e're getting your thoughts to what president trump had to say...
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even at the height of international sanctions, tehran amply funded the irgc and its proxies. it's certainly not the case that iran needed unfrozen funds in order to sustain their activities. far from it. the irgc has a relatively small budget and making their activities sustainable through sanctions, the irgc built hezbollah. >> how much of the money was diverted to the procurement of weapons from russia, for example, surface-to-air missiles, do you know? >> i don't know. >> does anybody on the panel know? >> the point is that they could conduct these activities without that. >> more money means more of it. >> if you get money, it can be used for whatever purpose you want. i think it is important to say that a lot of the funds you're talking about, all of them were iranian. i would like to focus, though, on the first thing you said. i actually think you opened up something that hasn't been talked about in the narrow debate about imminence. if imminence wasn't met or what the president tweeted, imminence doesn't matter, then what the united states did was prevention, we don't
even at the height of international sanctions, tehran amply funded the irgc and its proxies. it's certainly not the case that iran needed unfrozen funds in order to sustain their activities. far from it. the irgc has a relatively small budget and making their activities sustainable through sanctions, the irgc built hezbollah. >> how much of the money was diverted to the procurement of weapons from russia, for example, surface-to-air missiles, do you know? >> i don't know. >>...
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the irgc did put out a statement. this church are? -- mr. chair? >> without objection. rep.eldin: the irgc statement, i mentioned it on the floor during debate last week as well as through social media and i am going to do it again this other interviews. -- during this hearing. the statement after the killing of soleimani says, soleimani was in iraq when he was killed to confront americans. so if for anyone who has the position there is not a shred of evidence that it is imminent threat, let's start with the irgc's own words of why qassem soleimani was in iraq. he was there for a confrontation with americans. open-source information is enough to determine it was legitimate to take out qassem soleimani. a designated carrot -- terrorist who was running a organization that's sanctioned by the united states, the eu and the united nations, he had killed over 600 u.s. troops and wounded thousands more. we just had the embassy attack right before that strike. we had the killings and wounding of americans just before that strike. in my opinion, when i hear someone -- some of my coll
the irgc did put out a statement. this church are? -- mr. chair? >> without objection. rep.eldin: the irgc statement, i mentioned it on the floor during debate last week as well as through social media and i am going to do it again this other interviews. -- during this hearing. the statement after the killing of soleimani says, soleimani was in iraq when he was killed to confront americans. so if for anyone who has the position there is not a shred of evidence that it is imminent threat,...
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soon after, becoming a commander in the irgc, iran's islamic revolutionary guard corp. within a decade he is risen again to head the irgc's elite quds force. following the u.s. invasion of iraq in 2003, soleimani became iran's point man, directing and disbursipersbursing funding to proxies killing u.s. forces. a signature of their attacks in the early days was the deadly ied's designed to pierce u.s. humvee's armor, spraying troops inside with molten copper. in 2007, u.s. commanders had soleimani in their crosshairs in iraq but didn't pull the trigger. the next decade, as war escalated in syria, soleimani was instrumental in keeping syrian dictator bashar al assad in power. long before russia came to assad's aid, soleimani, now a major general, was to be seen striding the battlefield, directing iranian forces. he had become tehran's vital overseas visionary, aligning the theocracies expansionists by directing proxies in iraq, syria, yemen and their massive partner, hezbollah in lebanon. tehran had cultivated soleimani's image at home. the supreme leader, in a rare displ
soon after, becoming a commander in the irgc, iran's islamic revolutionary guard corp. within a decade he is risen again to head the irgc's elite quds force. following the u.s. invasion of iraq in 2003, soleimani became iran's point man, directing and disbursipersbursing funding to proxies killing u.s. forces. a signature of their attacks in the early days was the deadly ied's designed to pierce u.s. humvee's armor, spraying troops inside with molten copper. in 2007, u.s. commanders had...
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melissa: this is tweet two the irgc.diers of irgc aerospace unit launched a successful attack with tens of ballistic missiles on al-asad base in name of martyr of qassem soleimani. i don't know we take their twitter word for it but your thoughts. >> i think i probably would. these kind of missiles are actually notoriously not incredibly accurate. the fact they fired them in the direction of the base doesn't tell them what they actually hit. they don't have pinpoint accuracy. they could have landed in the desert. the next thing you want to wait for a battle damage assessment, what did these things actually do. that would make a, could make a difference in terms of what the u.s. response is. if they actually managed to kill americans, right, that i think would be a real issue for the administration. that seems to be a headline for the president, if you kill americans we will not tolerate that. if they fired them and landed in the desert or did some unspecified damage, that might free up the united states to think about how
melissa: this is tweet two the irgc.diers of irgc aerospace unit launched a successful attack with tens of ballistic missiles on al-asad base in name of martyr of qassem soleimani. i don't know we take their twitter word for it but your thoughts. >> i think i probably would. these kind of missiles are actually notoriously not incredibly accurate. the fact they fired them in the direction of the base doesn't tell them what they actually hit. they don't have pinpoint accuracy. they could...
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we need to recognize that khamenei is a dictator, he using the quds force irgc and other militia in his own country. they have killed perhaps 1500 of their own people in the last few months. if they're willing to shed their own blood, they could care less about american blood and would like to do that. now, but what are they going to do? i think that first, they are going to sit back and say well, we're not in a rush. however, we're going to unleash the shia, and you saw that attack this evening. i think that's after the shia militia that are all over that country. they run the place to a certain degree. of course i think we will see perhaps attacks against u.s. facilities in saudi arabia as well as bahrain. you will see an acceleration of their nuclear program which of course will give the israelis, you know, a concern, legitimately so. there are other things. i don't think, though, they may try like they did in 2011 here in washington, d.c., you know, stage an assassination attempt. david: right. >> they went after the saudi ambassador at that time at a local restaurant. now, that's m
we need to recognize that khamenei is a dictator, he using the quds force irgc and other militia in his own country. they have killed perhaps 1500 of their own people in the last few months. if they're willing to shed their own blood, they could care less about american blood and would like to do that. now, but what are they going to do? i think that first, they are going to sit back and say well, we're not in a rush. however, we're going to unleash the shia, and you saw that attack this...
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then the irgc says we're going to target israel, dubai. i'm going to respond disproportionately to see how these countries simply are not communicating at all. the nuclear agreement allowed for a certain level of communication among those countries. that's at the point right now when you need it the most. when you need to de-escalate the situation and the mechanism just doesn't exist, chris. >> aaron and allison, thank you. we'll take a quick break and be right back. don't go anywhere. >> man: what's my safelite story? my truck...is my livelihood. so when my windshield cracked... the experts at safelite autoglass came right to me. >> tech: hi, i'm adrian. >> man: thanks for coming. ...with service i could trust. right, girl? >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ >>> we are following the breaking news out of iraq where we have confirmation that iran has launched missile strikes at two iraqi bases that also housed u.s. forces. we have no confirmation of the assessment of damage or casualties. iranian state media is now saying th
then the irgc says we're going to target israel, dubai. i'm going to respond disproportionately to see how these countries simply are not communicating at all. the nuclear agreement allowed for a certain level of communication among those countries. that's at the point right now when you need it the most. when you need to de-escalate the situation and the mechanism just doesn't exist, chris. >> aaron and allison, thank you. we'll take a quick break and be right back. don't go anywhere....
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. >> i think some of them will end up in the hand of the irgc or other entities, some of which are labelederrorists. you know, to some degree i am not going to sit here and tell you every come point of that could be prevented. we know iran supports terrorism. we know that iran supports hezbollah, and the assad regime. and it's certainly possible some of the money that iran has is being used for those purposes, too. trish: why they would give one dollar to iran know can it would go to fund the death of innocent people is beyond me. but what a continues between then and now. think about what i just showed you. i want to hear this administration and how this administration is thinking about money going to iran. >> hezbollah, do you underwrite the shiia militias in iraq or do you allow your people to live the life they want. we demand they treat the iranian people in the way they richly deserve. if we didn't have these sanctions in place iran would have tens of billions of dollars they would use for terrorist activities throughout the region. trish: the trump administration is cutting iran off
. >> i think some of them will end up in the hand of the irgc or other entities, some of which are labelederrorists. you know, to some degree i am not going to sit here and tell you every come point of that could be prevented. we know iran supports terrorism. we know that iran supports hezbollah, and the assad regime. and it's certainly possible some of the money that iran has is being used for those purposes, too. trish: why they would give one dollar to iran know can it would go to fund...
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>> reporter: what the iranians are saying, according to the irgcs tthis morning, and it's very early in the morning here, courageous fighters of the irg c's air force launched a successful operation called operation martyr soleimani, with the code al zarra, by firingg the base of the terrorist and invasive u.s. forces. and zarif, the foreign minister, did tell me as soon as iran made a retaliatory attack, they would tell the world. they would claim correct for it. it would not be through proxies, david. >> and martha, we should point out that this action was taken mere hours after millions took to the streets in iran and after part of the funeral procession that we witnessed in the last 24 hours was actually halted because of a deadly stampede, the sheer number of people who turned out to honor iran's top commander. >> reporter: they had three days of mourning here. there was a stampedetoday, because the body was taken bac to soleimani's hometown. more than 50 people reported dead in that stampede. but there is so much emotion, as we have talked about, david, so much grief here, but
>> reporter: what the iranians are saying, according to the irgcs tthis morning, and it's very early in the morning here, courageous fighters of the irg c's air force launched a successful operation called operation martyr soleimani, with the code al zarra, by firingg the base of the terrorist and invasive u.s. forces. and zarif, the foreign minister, did tell me as soon as iran made a retaliatory attack, they would tell the world. they would claim correct for it. it would not be through...
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irgc themselves put out a statement after soleimani died where the irgc's words, soleimani was in iraqericans. so i don't know why you even need to have a classified briefing to understand that taking out soleimani was legitimate. charles: right. >> but then we have a classified setting where you can get additional questions answered but gosh, even if you don't walk into that room, taking out of soleimani is absolutely justified. charles: by the same token, republican senator mike lee was very unhappy with the classified briefing. he thought it was too short. he also i think felt that the administration was talking down to him and his colleagues, telling them not to question actions by the administration. what do you mange of this? he was pretty upset. >> i was in the house briefing and in the house briefing which i thought was fantastic where you had haspel, pompeo, milley, esper, maguire to answer any question asked of them. it was a fantastic briefing. i wasn't on the briefing on the senate side. maybe something over there wasn't exchanged that they were upset about. maybe it wasn't
irgc themselves put out a statement after soleimani died where the irgc's words, soleimani was in iraqericans. so i don't know why you even need to have a classified briefing to understand that taking out soleimani was legitimate. charles: right. >> but then we have a classified setting where you can get additional questions answered but gosh, even if you don't walk into that room, taking out of soleimani is absolutely justified. charles: by the same token, republican senator mike lee was...
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planes and gave it to some of the opposition channels opposed to the regime, he has been arrested by irgc, they're currently questioning him. just to show you the disconnect going on in this country, this morning president rowhani came out, said it is not enough for some lowly commander manning the missile base to be arrested, he said he is very familiar with how the situation works and this has to go much further up the chain of command. with that said, no senior official in this country has fallen on their sword and resigned due to the missiles being hit. and just to give another taste of the disconnect going on here, ali, on saturday morning the authorities here came out, admitted they shot down the plane, but all the national newspapers had gone to print and their headlines were that iran did not shoot down the missile at the same time the irgc is admitting to it. >> a couple of things are happening. european countries that were party to negotiations of the iran deal have filed under the deals existing dispute settlement mechanism which is kind of interesting, trying to sort of do som
planes and gave it to some of the opposition channels opposed to the regime, he has been arrested by irgc, they're currently questioning him. just to show you the disconnect going on in this country, this morning president rowhani came out, said it is not enough for some lowly commander manning the missile base to be arrested, he said he is very familiar with how the situation works and this has to go much further up the chain of command. with that said, no senior official in this country has...
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how much of that was deployed to fund terrorism, including the procurement of weapons to pay the irgc troops, the quds force which has massively expanded their operations? did soleimani and other terrorists personally benefit when all of that money was sent in crates, on pallets, 1.7 billion smaller bills, who got that money? where did it go? i've asked that question. many of my colleagues have asked that question. did it fund terrorism? when he answered the question -- again, this is secretary lou. he said, and i quote, we can't say there won't be any more money going to malign purposes. secretary kerry has said similar things. how much? i mean, to give such massive amounts of money to mass murderers, terrorists, that's unconscionable in my view. how much? can anybody speak to that with any kind of clarity? >> okay. so, this idea that billions of dollars, you know, came out of the deal were then used to launch ballistic missiles or to, you know, fund irgc, et cetera, is patently untrue. >> so, none of that money has been used for that. >> let me finish my answer and i'll give you the
how much of that was deployed to fund terrorism, including the procurement of weapons to pay the irgc troops, the quds force which has massively expanded their operations? did soleimani and other terrorists personally benefit when all of that money was sent in crates, on pallets, 1.7 billion smaller bills, who got that money? where did it go? i've asked that question. many of my colleagues have asked that question. did it fund terrorism? when he answered the question -- again, this is secretary...
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shortly after the first hits on that american base, al asad in iraq took place is that it was the irgc, the revolutionary guard corps that conducted this operation. that of course is the unit that qassem soleimani was a part of. in fact, the leader of one of the branches of that unit. so that in itself is very important messaging from the iranians, anderson. >> how much weight should be put in the statement that you read out you think? i mean, one way to read that, as you said, clearly seems to be indicating they said proportional, explained why it was that base, and said it's concluded. now is that something that the u.s. would put much faith in? because it doesn't seem like there is a lot of other lines of communication open between iran or certainly directly between iran and the united states. maybe there is through switzerland or other forces. >> yeah, you're absolutely right. twitter, other forces, and actually us as well. i think -- i think it certainly appears to be the case that possibly the iranians are trying to message that this can be it if president trump doesn't escalate
shortly after the first hits on that american base, al asad in iraq took place is that it was the irgc, the revolutionary guard corps that conducted this operation. that of course is the unit that qassem soleimani was a part of. in fact, the leader of one of the branches of that unit. so that in itself is very important messaging from the iranians, anderson. >> how much weight should be put in the statement that you read out you think? i mean, one way to read that, as you said, clearly...
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this is a long way from the resumption of the surrogate strategic campaign by the irgc.hey're back on their heels. with soleimani dead, they're going to have to find another moral leader of this movement and restart it. we're going to have a period of pause while the iranians try to get their act together, leland. leland: yeah. also are to deal with the unrest that we've got going on now inside iran. general, appreciate you interrupting your vacation and taking some time away from the beach and your lovely wife. [laughter] that is a true sacrifice. we'll see you soon, sir. >> anything for fox, leland. leland: thank you, sir, we appreciate it. meanwhile, this also coming from iran. their only female olympic medalist has announced that she has defected from her home country. she's accusing the government of, quote, lying and injustice towards iranian athletes. her announcement came saturday on instagram just a day after tehran admitted that it accidentally shot down the civilian airliner. the 21-year-old tae kwon do bronze medalist did not say where she is going, but tehra
this is a long way from the resumption of the surrogate strategic campaign by the irgc.hey're back on their heels. with soleimani dead, they're going to have to find another moral leader of this movement and restart it. we're going to have a period of pause while the iranians try to get their act together, leland. leland: yeah. also are to deal with the unrest that we've got going on now inside iran. general, appreciate you interrupting your vacation and taking some time away from the beach and...
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anger, too, the powerful irgc.or iran's leadership, protesters avoid walking on american and israeli flags painted on the ground some years ago by the regime out of disrespect. iran's leadership now facing growing external as well as internal pressure. >> iran's admission that its own armed forces unintentionally shot down flight 752 is an important step towards providing answers for families. but i noted that many more steps must be taken. >> reporter: demands the airplane investigation be international, open, and trance parent. president trump heaping on his pressure, too, tweeting the world is watching the protests. there can not be another massacre of peaceful protesters, as happened last year. and in the midst of it all, the british ambassador arrested at the protest, held for several hours. the british foreign secretary calling it a flagrant violation of international law. fallout over the downed plane now becoming a perfect storm for iran in the global spotlight with international investigators poking around
anger, too, the powerful irgc.or iran's leadership, protesters avoid walking on american and israeli flags painted on the ground some years ago by the regime out of disrespect. iran's leadership now facing growing external as well as internal pressure. >> iran's admission that its own armed forces unintentionally shot down flight 752 is an important step towards providing answers for families. but i noted that many more steps must be taken. >> reporter: demands the airplane...
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this foreign policy doctrin has carried out -- been carried out by the irgc sense andi mr. soleim was key in it but definitely not the only one capable of carrying it out. ros: further coverage ofns tensn the middle east across the next half an hour or so and bring you the latest o australia's bush fires. there are fears that a number of them could merge across victoria and new south wales and form what's called a mega-blaze. es there have been pr across india after masked men armed with sticks attacked students at a unirsity on sunday. dozens of people at the campus in delhi were injured. our correspondent reports from the campus. reporter: according to the students here, a right-wing group entered this campus and started assaulting the students and staff here violently. however, abvp, the groupeen as ideologically close to the ruling hiddenno --du hin nationalist government, says was the other group that started theault. the students here allege that police was late response and did not act adequately. you c see around here, protests are still going on.en are demanding a
this foreign policy doctrin has carried out -- been carried out by the irgc sense andi mr. soleim was key in it but definitely not the only one capable of carrying it out. ros: further coverage ofns tensn the middle east across the next half an hour or so and bring you the latest o australia's bush fires. there are fears that a number of them could merge across victoria and new south wales and form what's called a mega-blaze. es there have been pr across india after masked men armed with sticks...
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president but also from the iranians and the irgc. a irgc commander make a statement directed to the united states saying iran identified 35 sites of u.s. bases within iranian reach including, as they said, quote, the city of tel aviv and israeli that seemed to have led to the tweets you referenced from the u.s. president saying he would hit back harder than iran had ever hit before. the most tweet they are talking interest to is this one. it is that reference to iranian culture sites that many people around the world are taking issue with, specifically the iranian foreign minister who responded also via twitter saying this, quote. the rhetoric is continuing to ramp up around the region. we saw yesterday the qatari foreign minister meeting with the iranian foreign minister and iranian president and, unfortunately, that visit seeming to making no difference and iranian made a statement saying the consequences of soleimani death will be painful for the americans and called the decision to respond as being decided and decisive. it sort o
president but also from the iranians and the irgc. a irgc commander make a statement directed to the united states saying iran identified 35 sites of u.s. bases within iranian reach including, as they said, quote, the city of tel aviv and israeli that seemed to have led to the tweets you referenced from the u.s. president saying he would hit back harder than iran had ever hit before. the most tweet they are talking interest to is this one. it is that reference to iranian culture sites that many...
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specifically, this irgc base the plane they said was sort of near. they said it sort of took a strange turn that forced this surface to air missile to kick in. corey. >> it was quite telling. while they admitted responsibility for the downing of that jet, they also laid blame right there at the hands of the united states for starting all of this. nbc's cal perry, thank you. >> let's go to matt bradley now in tel aviv. matt, nbc reporting on the role of israel in the soleimani killing. what can you tell us about that? >> it seems as though israel did tip off the americans to when soleimani was going to be actually boarding that plane in damascus and flying out. it was israeli spies who were able to pin point his location. then american spies at baghdad international airport who were able to verify his arrival. and this is all based on nbc's reporting. this seemed to happen fairly quickly. and, you know, it looks like united states officials were watching on video screens from washington, from cia headquarters at langley and elsewhere. so that's how th
specifically, this irgc base the plane they said was sort of near. they said it sort of took a strange turn that forced this surface to air missile to kick in. corey. >> it was quite telling. while they admitted responsibility for the downing of that jet, they also laid blame right there at the hands of the united states for starting all of this. nbc's cal perry, thank you. >> let's go to matt bradley now in tel aviv. matt, nbc reporting on the role of israel in the soleimani...
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they took official iranian military action, irgc out of iran, into iraq. hopefully there were no casualties, but we've got to give credit to the u.s. troops on those two bases for getting under cover and for the intelligence service to give an early launch. at the end of the day, this was a disaster, nailing soleimani at baghdad international airport. we managed to unite the shiite population in iraq against us and our vulnerable bases throughout iraq, never mind the embassy and the oil contractors, et cetera, and in iran, who had gunned down hundreds of their own people. now the nationalistic fervor brought them behind khamenei again. so this is not a good outcome. the next strikes by the iranians will be through proxies, assassinations, rocket attacks. this isn't over. they want us out of iraq. >> to our viewers joining us a quarter of the way into our second hour of special live coverage here, we're into wednesday in the east. still in the 9:00 p.m. hour out on the west coast. we're going to ask all our guests to stick around for a second while we take
they took official iranian military action, irgc out of iran, into iraq. hopefully there were no casualties, but we've got to give credit to the u.s. troops on those two bases for getting under cover and for the intelligence service to give an early launch. at the end of the day, this was a disaster, nailing soleimani at baghdad international airport. we managed to unite the shiite population in iraq against us and our vulnerable bases throughout iraq, never mind the embassy and the oil...
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we need to recognize that khamenei is a dictator, he using the quds force irgc and other militia in his own country. they have killed perhaps 1500 of their own people in the last few months. if they're willing to shed their own blood, they could care less about american blood and would like to do that. now, but what are they going to do? i think that first, they are going to sit back and say well, we're not in a rush. however, we're going to unleash the shia, and you saw that attack this evening. i think that's after the shia militia that are all over that country. they run the place to a certain degree. of course i think we will see perhaps attacks against u.s. facilities in saudi arabia as well as bahrain. you will see an acceleration of their nuclear program which of course will give the israelis, you know, a concern, legitimately so. there are other things. i don't think, though, they may try like they did in 2011 here in washington, d.c., you know, stage an assassination attempt. david: right. >> they went after the saudi ambassador at that time at a local restaurant. now, that's m
we need to recognize that khamenei is a dictator, he using the quds force irgc and other militia in his own country. they have killed perhaps 1500 of their own people in the last few months. if they're willing to shed their own blood, they could care less about american blood and would like to do that. now, but what are they going to do? i think that first, they are going to sit back and say well, we're not in a rush. however, we're going to unleash the shia, and you saw that attack this...
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irgc, byclaimed by the the iranian state.s not done through a proxy group, which really hints at how serious the death of soleimani was for the iranians. what is also important here is that we have already seen the foreign minister of iran come out and say this was a proportional attack and has been concluded. been someere ihas proportional -- i think there's a possibility that what we are watching right now is an offramp from escalating tensions. we really won't know until we see whether or not there is further reaction on the part of either iran or the united states. host: we have seen the pentagon putting it to iran on whether or not to de-escalate. guest: that is one of the questions reporters have been asking. saidadministration has this was intended as a defensive action, intended to protect an imminent attack by solo money. oleimani. what we have not seen it yet is what the imminent attack would have been. mark esper told us the attack was days, not weeks away. the experienceto americans had going into the aq war, ther
irgc, byclaimed by the the iranian state.s not done through a proxy group, which really hints at how serious the death of soleimani was for the iranians. what is also important here is that we have already seen the foreign minister of iran come out and say this was a proportional attack and has been concluded. been someere ihas proportional -- i think there's a possibility that what we are watching right now is an offramp from escalating tensions. we really won't know until we see whether or...
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fight terrorist acts brought about by people like general suleimani and the quds force as part of the irgc, especially those that are fighting and prepared to defend our interests in the middle east today. america must never back down in the face of this evil. our world is safer today because qassem suleimani is dead and it would not be possible without the actions that president trump has undertaken, as well as the resolve of our military leaders and our courageous service members who put theiriv
fight terrorist acts brought about by people like general suleimani and the quds force as part of the irgc, especially those that are fighting and prepared to defend our interests in the middle east today. america must never back down in the face of this evil. our world is safer today because qassem suleimani is dead and it would not be possible without the actions that president trump has undertaken, as well as the resolve of our military leaders and our courageous service members who put...
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they will hit haifa in israel as well if they're attacked there are also multiple reports from the irgc saying that all of their missile bases and underground missile bases have been opened, and they're ready to launch their missiles if necessary >> ali arouzi with a view on the ground in tehran thank you. the white house says president trump has been briefed on the attack our kristen welker is at the white house now. kristen, what is the reaction there >> reporter: lester, president trump is monitoring the situation in iraq with the vice president and other top officials here at the white house. press secretary stephanie grisham releasing a statement just a short time ago that reads, quote, we are aware of the reports of attacks on u.s. facilities in iraq the president has been briefed and is monitoring the situation closely and consulting with his national security team now, this all comes after the administration was out in full force defending the decision to kill iran's top general. lawmakers have been demanding answers, and they want the intelligence behind the attack released. it
they will hit haifa in israel as well if they're attacked there are also multiple reports from the irgc saying that all of their missile bases and underground missile bases have been opened, and they're ready to launch their missiles if necessary >> ali arouzi with a view on the ground in tehran thank you. the white house says president trump has been briefed on the attack our kristen welker is at the white house now. kristen, what is the reaction there >> reporter: lester,...
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fought terrorist acts brought about by people like general soleimani and the quds force as part of the irgc, especially those that are fighting and prepared to defend our interests in the middle east today. america must never back down in the face of this evil. our world is safer today because qasem soleimani is dead. and it would not be possible without the actions that president trump has undertaken as well as the resolve of our military leaders and our courageous service members who put their lives on the so. i yield the floor. mr. kaine: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from virginia. mr. kaine: i am proud to be joined by my colleague from illinois who is a personal mentor with me here today and we are here to talk about the threat of war with iran and about the constitution. i have been warning about this threat for some time, ever since president trump chose to ignore the advice of his key national security professionals and allies by abandoning america's commitment to a diplomatic deal to limit iran's nuclear program. the president's actions since that tragic decis
fought terrorist acts brought about by people like general soleimani and the quds force as part of the irgc, especially those that are fighting and prepared to defend our interests in the middle east today. america must never back down in the face of this evil. our world is safer today because qasem soleimani is dead. and it would not be possible without the actions that president trump has undertaken as well as the resolve of our military leaders and our courageous service members who put...
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if soleimani has been killed, what does that mean for the irgc quds force and iranian militias — willit. iam not i am not sure they had contingency plans. iam not i am not sure they had contingency plans. i am not sure they are the sophisticated, they might be, they might not be. but there will be other commanders, that like is the thing about a state—sponsored terrorist organisation like the iranian revolutionary guards and the quds force. the iranians state will continue to back it and there will be a new leader but soleimani had had the job for decades and had built up a network of people, people who liked to work with him and he worked with, who knew him, he was hugely respected among the iraqi, lebanese and syrian militias with whom he worked. you would see selfies of him out on the front lines against isis. this was a guy who had lots of blood on his hands but i will give him credit for being courageous. and so replacing somebody like him will not be easy. stay with us on bbc news. more on our breaking news that the leader of iran's quds force is killed in baghdad after us airst
if soleimani has been killed, what does that mean for the irgc quds force and iranian militias — willit. iam not i am not sure they had contingency plans. iam not i am not sure they had contingency plans. i am not sure they are the sophisticated, they might be, they might not be. but there will be other commanders, that like is the thing about a state—sponsored terrorist organisation like the iranian revolutionary guards and the quds force. the iranians state will continue to back it and...
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fought terrorist acts brought about by people like general soleimani and the quds force as part of the irgc, especially those that are fighting and prepared to defend our interests in the middle east today. america must never back down in the face of this evil. our world is safer today because qasem soleimani is dead. and it would not be possible without the actions that president trump has undertaken as well as the resolve of our military leaders and our courageous service members who put their lives on the so. i yield the floor. mr. kaine: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from virginia. mr. kaine: i am proud to be joined by my colleague from illinois who is a personal mentor with me here today and we are here to talk about the threat of war with iran and
fought terrorist acts brought about by people like general soleimani and the quds force as part of the irgc, especially those that are fighting and prepared to defend our interests in the middle east today. america must never back down in the face of this evil. our world is safer today because qasem soleimani is dead. and it would not be possible without the actions that president trump has undertaken as well as the resolve of our military leaders and our courageous service members who put...
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interest in the region by striking general soleimani, the commander of the irdc. the commander of the irgcdo not have any mourning for the passing of this individual, responsible for the deaths of hundreds of americans over many years, but i'm questioning whether or not the trump administration has a coherent strategy as to what to do next. i want to know whether the iranians were shooting at our people or at infrastructure. it is clear this isjust another example of iran trying to export terrorism. iran wants to take over iraq — duh! they practically have already. before we respond to this latest attack, we need to get the facts. i've been speaking to bbc persian‘s rana rahimour. she told me that iran's action was carefully measured. sounds like it, and over the last hour they have two very important reactions. one was the iranians foreign minister, in which he treated iran took and concluded proportionate measures in self defence. "concluded" is a very important word. javad zarif is saying what we did was self defence, it is legal and it is concluded. he is hoping that will calm things d
interest in the region by striking general soleimani, the commander of the irdc. the commander of the irgcdo not have any mourning for the passing of this individual, responsible for the deaths of hundreds of americans over many years, but i'm questioning whether or not the trump administration has a coherent strategy as to what to do next. i want to know whether the iranians were shooting at our people or at infrastructure. it is clear this isjust another example of iran trying to export...
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the next is the military class, who have served in the irgc, the men in uniform.kistan, south korea even, iran does not have the same martial tradition. so the irgc is 's their influence is not in uniform, it is the men who take the uniform off. at soleimani became a household name in america, and politicians and the american public realize this was the guy killing americans and american partners abroad, there became talk of, good he run for president, not the position of supreme leader, because he is not a cleric. solar many -- soleimani would occasionally reject that notion and express his fealty to the supreme leader, but you could tell he was bolstered by the increasing coverage of him in the western press. said, and is even strongly concur that the reason he traveled so freely without any concern for security in places like iraq and syria, was that he was believed to be untouchable. what may have fed into it was this steady stream of western reporting. i think there was an article at the time that said -- this is the man who is fighting isis. and it had solei
the next is the military class, who have served in the irgc, the men in uniform.kistan, south korea even, iran does not have the same martial tradition. so the irgc is 's their influence is not in uniform, it is the men who take the uniform off. at soleimani became a household name in america, and politicians and the american public realize this was the guy killing americans and american partners abroad, there became talk of, good he run for president, not the position of supreme leader,...
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. >> brennan: should other irgc leaders be targeted?> i think that we have escalated enough. >> brennan: even though iran says it is standing down and the president used that phrase? >> well, i think what we are likely to see at least in the near term is the end of iran's overt attacks like the missile attack on our bases. i don't think that we coconclude at all we have seen an end theu, shia and the risk to our military and 57 civilians is greater now because of this administration's actions, iran has been humiliated by this taking out of their top leadership, but also by their disastrous shootdown of this esvilian aircraft.hem, ith thiatnkak, m more dangerous and provocative in the sense that we may very well see covert retaliation against the united states. >> brennan: i want to switch gears, because in your role you were also playing a a a key -- u are a key figure in the impeachment investigation up to . i am wondering if you have a sense abooiutnt whether you wths an impeachment manager when this goes to a senate trial? >> well, t
. >> brennan: should other irgc leaders be targeted?> i think that we have escalated enough. >> brennan: even though iran says it is standing down and the president used that phrase? >> well, i think what we are likely to see at least in the near term is the end of iran's overt attacks like the missile attack on our bases. i don't think that we coconclude at all we have seen an end theu, shia and the risk to our military and 57 civilians is greater now because of this...