>> as we heard from javad zarif, the iranian foreign minister. by the way, trying to be in the not gnted a visa.s weekend. which is in violation of what the united states is supposed to do when it comes to the united nations. javad zarif said this was our retaliation, we're not looking for escalation. did you read into that that the iranians are saying we're done? we sent missiles to two bases to show you that we can and we believe that's what we needed to do in exchange for you killing qassem soleimani? because the last couple of days in iran with the funeral of qassem soleimani and the fiery speeches at the mosques have sounded substantially more serious than what we may have witnessed in the past few hours. >> reporter: yeah, those comments from the foreign minister were backed up by iranian state television that said we are done. this was our response. unless the u.s. responds, that's it. now, they said if the u.s. responds, basically all hell will break loose. hezbollah will become involved. dubai will be targeted. which, again, is terrifyin

javad zarif does not represent the hardline faction in iran.ort of acceptable international statesman. he is only recently been trying to get into new york to address the un. behind him is the hardliners and if you remember, javad zarif actually resigned some months ago because he said, i can't deal with this. my policies are different from theirs, effectively. the way iran thinks and works on this is very long—term. what we have seen this is very long—term. what we have seen here is probably at the end of the ovate action, the directly attributable to iran ballistic missile attack from one country to another. but iran has got a whole array of options now, of covert actions that it can do either through the voices that soleimani commanded or through the proxies that he was also pulling the strings. —— the forces he commanded. i doubt it will be done with this. look at the baying for blood we have had over the last three days. all these hashtag soviet revenge. i don't think this counts as —— a severe revenge. i don't think this counts as —— a se

you caught up with iran's foreign minister, javad zarif. >> reporter: had i there, john. yeah, i caught up with javad zarif earlier today in an interview at one of the foreign kpoubds here. he is saying he is still extremely angry by the killing of qassem soleimani by that targeted killing that took place. he vowed revenge against the united states. he said for sure iran is going to take action against the us, however, he didn't want to specify what exactly that action was going to be except for calling it proportionate, saying that it will be something that will certainly damage u.s. interests here in the region. he also said that he believes that the u.s.'s days in this region are numbered. but i started off, john, by asking him where can all this end? because right now what you have is you have both sides basically trading threats. they're saying they don't want war, but they're also saying they are going to retaliate if something comes from the other side. the big question is how can war be avoided. let's listen into what he had to say. >> you have said that iran will

iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif wrote on twitter that preliminary investigations by theed forces concluded it was human error "at a time of crisis caused by us adventurism" he went on to say "our profound regrets, apologies and condolences to our people, to the families of all victims, and to other affected nations." iran's president has also taken to twitter offering his condolences for the accidental shooting. he called it a "great tragedy and an unforgivable mistake". in new york for us now is michael bociurkiw, a global affairs analyst and a former spokesman for the organization for security and cooperation in europe, who worked at the crash site of the downed malaysia airlines mhi7 passengerjet in eastern ukraine in 2014. what do you make of iran's admission? i am -- i must say i am surprised but pleasantly surprised. i think the iranians have done something the russians have never brought themselves to do and that is admitting to shooting down that boeing triple seven. this is a good move on the part of the iranians. it will bring a lot of plaudits to them from can

i think a key word in what javad zarif said is concluded. so the iranians are saying they have started their counterattack, and now they have concluded it. so essentially they're saying none of this has to go any further than this. it is now in president trump's hands. whether or not it stays this way or whether it escalates any further. another thing that was really remarkable is the iranians used their ballistic missile program really for the first time, certainly enns u.s. targets to conduct these strikes that is something that in itself is probably a good deal of messaging from the iranians towards the united states, but also towards the audience here at home as well. one of the things that the iranians have been telling me, have been telling others who have been watching this new crisis unfold is they say look, if the u.s. is going to start escalating against iran, they need to be aware of two things. first of all, iran controls a bunch of proxy force, we know that in the middle east. but the second thing they've always talked about has

there are now reports the trump administration is denying iran's foreign minister javad zarif a visa.nn has not been able to confirm this. >> huge crowds packing into soleimani's hometown for burial this morning. president trump is standing by his decision to order the strike that killed soleimani. >> he should have been taken out a long time ago, and we had a shot at it and we took him out. and we're a lot safer now because of it. >> but questions persist over u.s. claims that claimed soleimani was planning an imminent attack on u.s. interests. mark milly says very, very few people saw that intelligence adding it was imminent and it was very, very clear in scale and scope. >> a source tells cnn top congressional leaders the so-called gang of 8 are set to receive a briefing this afternoon. rank and file members of the senate will be briefed tomorrow. cnn international correspondent frederick pleitgen is live for us in tehran, and fred, you just spoke with the foreign minister javad zarif, what did he tell you? >> reporter: he was obviously still angry at the killing of qassem soleiman

javad zarif said we have a deal already, we're not interested in a photo op. rth korea got political capital p standing wisident trump for a photo op. it would backfire for iran. iran needs to know these will be serious and significant talks, and it has a condition it said that you need to lift the sanctions if you want us to come to the table. again this year the americans are saying come back to the negotiating table with no preconditions. ir has not budged on its condition yet. right now there is no trust in the system anyway. iran was looking to the europeans, and you heard javad zarif, they have been criticizing the europeans, saying you say you want to keep the deal live but you have not done enough. ros:annot see a great deal to be optimistic about. you know many of the aprotagonists people behind the scenes. are the feeling is pessimistic as that? lyse: iran is under multiple sources of pressure now. it is confrontingnyrises on so ronts. the aftermath of the downing of the ukrainian airliner, it intensify protests on the streets. now there was a blame

iran's foreign minister, javad zarif, posted his message of condolence to the victims on twitter.he crash came amid high tension with the us and days after the threat of strikes against the reigning targets following the killing in iraq of iran's top commander. posting on twitter he said an investigation i concluded that regrettably missiles were fired and that investigations will continue to identify and prosecute those behind this great tragedy and unforgivable mistake. many of those on board were canadian. any press conference, canada's for the minister vowed to get answers as to what has happened. i know families and canadians have a lot of questions and i can assure you we will not rest until we get to the bottom of this. this, ladies and gentlemen, is a national tragedy. whilst this admission of responsibility will provide some relief for the victims‘ families, it is unlikely it will ease the political tension between iran and the west. rich preston, bbc news. our correspondent quentin sommerville is in baghdad in neighbouring iraq. he gave us the latest on iran's admission

let's listen to javad zarif, the foreign minister of iran. have said that iran will retaliate for the targeted killing of general qassem soleimani. president trump said there would be a disproportionate response if you do that. what do you make of president trump's threats? >> his threats will not frighten us. what he's showing something, he's showing to the international community he has no respect for international law, he's prepared to commit war crimes because attacking cultural sites is a war crime. in disproportionate response is a war crime. but he doesn't -- he doesn't care it seems about international law. but has he made u.s. more secure? do americans feel more secure? are americans welcome today in this region? do they feel welcome? >> reporter: your government and your leadership and the military here has vowed to take action against the united states. >> the united states violated three principles. iraqi sovereignty, and the agreement that they had with iraq. they got a response from the iraqi parliament. they sri late e violated

it was interesting on all levels to speak to javad zarif. he called the trump administration, the trump regime. he called what the trump administration is doing state terrorism. so certainly really lashing out at president trump and the administration. first question, however, that i put to him is how is war going to be avoided here in a region that's so tense right now. let's listen in. you have said that iran will retaliate for the targeted killing of general qassem soleimani. president trump has said there would be a disproportionate response if you do that. what do you make of president trump's threats? >> his threats will not frighten us. but what he's showing something. he's showing to the international community that he has no respect for international law. that he's prepared to commit war crimes because attacking cultural sites is a war crime. in disproportionate response is a war crime. but he doesn't care, it seems, about international law. but has he made u.s. more secure? do americans feel more secure? are americans welcome today

. >> iran's foreign minister javad zarif tells cnn the u.s. denied him a visa blocking him from speaking at a u.n. security council meeting this thursday in iraq. cnn has an exclusive interview with him. we're covering this from every angle. let's go to barbara starr at the pentagon. tell us what we know about these threats. what kind of drone attacks and what u.s. forces are doing now to defend themselves. >> well, good morning. it was -- it's a tense night for the u.s. military we've learned overseas in the middle east because across the region, they had intelligence that led them to be very concerned about a possible attack by iranian drones carrying missiles. that is the threat that they were looking at. they felt that it was directed at u.s. forces, u.s. installations and locations like iraq, kuwait, saudi arabia, jordan, the united arab emirates. all very well known countries to host american military forces. there's no secret about that. no secret that the iranians have drones with those precision missiles. so troops in units were told

he's in tehran, and he just spoke with the foreign minister javad zarif. what did he say, what did he tell you? >> reporter: he was till very much enraged at the killing of qassem soleimani who was pretty much the biggest general here in iran. and his burial as it took place this morning in his hometown and the latest reports we're getting is apparently there was a stampede at that burial because there were so many people that were there and that a number of people apparently have been killed. we're going to continue to monitor that as well. i did speak to zarif earlier today as well, and he was ripping into president trump, the trump administration and saying because of president trump's action that people in the middle east are enraged at america's actions. here's what he said. >> he is showing to the international community he has no respect for international power, he's prepared to commit war crimes because attacking cultural sites is a war crime. a disproportionate response is a war crime, but he doesn't care about international law. but has he made u

iran's foreign minister, javad zarif, posted his message of condolence to the victims on twitter.atement released on saturday, officials said the missile strike had been caused by human error after the plane flew close to a military base. the crash came amid high tensions with the us, and days after threats of strikes against iranian targets, following the killing in iraq of iran's top military commander. iran's president, hassan rouhani, said the human error came at a time of crisis caused by us adventurism. posting on twitter, he said an investigation had concluded that, "regrettably missiles were fired" and that investigations will continue "to identify and prosecute those behind this great tragedy and unforgivable mista ke". many of those on board were canadian. in a press conference, canada's foreign minister vowed to get answers as to what had happened. i know families and canadians have a lot of questions and i can assure you we will not rest until we get to the bottom of this. this, ladies and gentlemen, is a national tragedy. whilst this admission of responsibility will p

to pursue diplomacy with iran that's interesting because the iranian foreign minister mohammad javad zarif was planning to come to new york to attend a united nations security meeting on thursday however the u.s. denied his visa so he could not be in the u.n. for that meeting on thursday so in one side the u.n. the u.s. mission at the u.n. is saying hey we want to participate in diplomacy on the other side the u.s. is denying the visa for the for the top diplomat to attend a key u.n. meeting ok thank you for all those details gabriel is on the in washington now in an interview with al jazeera iran's ambassador to the united nations said teheran's next move will depend on the actions of the united states it on is not interested in will iran is not insist that in escalation of tension in the region i mean. increasing the tension in the region will not be in the interest of nobody so iran definitely would like to have to have peace stablish in the neighborhood and the 1st ingredient for peace in their in the region is that we move all of of the forces american forces from our teacher more fro

but also the iranian foreign minister javad zarif: both sides seemingly trying to calm things down a bit. yes, and i think there will be back channels, the european powers who helped broker the iran deal will have their take on it stopping there is always the swiss diplomatic channel between the two countries. no—one is going to wa nt two countries. no—one is going to want the nightmare scenario which of course would be an all out war. and definitely not the president when he has got an election to when. what does success look like for the united states and around? iran would like to see the united states out of iraq and seek retaliation orjustice with what just iraq and seek retaliation orjustice with whatjust happened with the most esteemed general. united states, what does it want? we're not sure yet, because it didn't want the deal barack 0bama had brokered, but they don't want iran to start enriching uranium. hundreds of british troops on standby in iran crisis, that's the practicality of things but when it comes to the us‘s plans prior to friday's drone attacks and its conseque

this is iranian foreign minister javad zarif speaking after the missile attacks. >> we have said very clearly if the ununited states s takes any further action, iraq wilill respond -- iran will respond. we did not start this process of escalation. the united states waged d an economicic war against iran. amy: only hours after the launch of the missiles, a boeing 737 jet crashed shortly after takeoff from tehran's international airport, headed to the ukrainian capital kiev. the crash killed all 176 people on board, including 82 iranians and 60 canadians. iranian media reported the crash was due to technical difficulties. the jet was part of the same aircraft family as boeing's troubled 737 max passenger jet -- which has been grounded worldwide following two deadly crashes that killed 346 people. meanwhile, in iraq, calls for -- antigovernment protesters are calling for demonstrations on january 10 to demand an end to political interference by the united states or iran in iraqi politics. iraqi journalists are also reporting armedd men attacked antigovernment protesters in the southern c

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c7 iran took and concluded proportionate measures, from javad zarif. "don't touch our guys. you touch our guys, that's our redline." and this contractor was killed two days after christmas. we now know his identity. he was a father of two, born in iraq, he became a u.s. citizen in 2017. he leaves two young children behind here. with the president said at the outset, it really goes to what i believe his policy is toward this iranian regime. that is, "as long as i'm president, iran will never have a nuclear weapon." take that on its face value. he told them, "you touch our guys, that's our redline." he has no signal to iran yet again, "don't mess with the policy that i'm trying to pursue here as u.s. president." so then when it comes to nuclear weapons and iran comes out two days ago and says, "we can fast forward this program and we can break out within a year." some even suggested nine or ten months. what does that say to the iranian regime, and their pursuit of nuclear weapons, when they now know this is a president who means business? >> i think it's

at that time i got to know the now-current iranian foreign ministry javad zarif.m for 20 years. we negotiated a negotiate over afghanistan. the united states and iran stood together and reformulated the afghan the government after the u.s. went into afghanistan to remove the taliban and al qaeda there. afterwards, president trump had his axis of evil speech. that took the iranians back a bit, but they still negotiated with us, but they really decided at that point they were going to prepare for the day when there really would be a war with the united states. now with this attack on the core leadership of the islamic republic of iran, this attack on general soleimani, killing him in this way, this really is perceived in iran as an attack on their core leadership. while there has always been someone like the foreign minister javad zarif who has always negotiated a way out for the united states, now everyone in iran has really consolidated around the position that you cannot deal with the united states diplomatically or negotiate with it. the only thing you can do is

david sanger, listening to javad zarif who is very interesting for two reasons, number one, he seemed to hone in on one of the kentrell questions for the united states now, is the u.s. safer after killing general soleimani, it's what mike pompeo says, what the president says, what does the evidence say, he focussed on that question and also you pointed out, and you've known him for years, he's calling the united states the trump regime. >> i thought that was really fascinating, a really interesting use of his phraseology. he has always when i've been around him referred to president trump, he's been very respectful and so forth, but he is now trying to cast the u.s. as a rogue regime or at least the trump administration, and a terrorist regime. he has called this an act of terrorism. now, you could certainly say that general soleimani performed many acts of terrorism over the course of many years, but i think where they are headed right now is trying to isolate the u.s. the way the u.s. tried to isolate iran. on your first point out here about whether he would come to the united state

the iranian foreign minister, javad zarif, decried the dispute as a strategic mistake but iran's foreigny spokesman said iran was ready to maintain international agreements. all sides now have 15 days to resolve the issues raised. if they fail, the eu countries can refer the matter to the un security council, which could vote to reimpose any sanctions on iran. gareth barlow, bbc news. the leader of the republican majority in the us senate, mitch mcconnell, has said the impeachment trial of president trump is likely to begin there next tuesday. democrats accuse the president of abusing his power and obstructing congress. with regard to impeachment, our understanding is, and i think your understanding is as well, that the house is likely to send the articles over to us tomorrow, and we believe if that happens in all likelihood we will go through some preliminary steps here this week which could well include the chiefjustice coming over and swearing in members of the senate and some other kind of housekeeping measures. we hope to be able to achieve that by consent, which would set us up to

in a media scrum today, we posed the question to iran's foreign minister javad zarif. what would it take to get de- escalation going? >> it is up to the united states to now come to its senses and stop its adventurism in this region. >> reporter: in other words, iran won't make any concessions until the u.s. gives up its bases and pulls its troops out of iraq. and that, of course, would make it easier for iran to expand its own influence across the region. norah. >> o'donnell: liz, thank you. joining us now for his first interview since the attack, vice president mike pence. mr. vice president, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you, good to be with you. >> o'donnell: iran's supreme leader called the attack a slap in the face. but are you worried a punch in the gut may be around the corner? >> well, i think the american people can rest easier tonight, thanks to the leadership president donald trump provided and the extraordinary and courageous professionalism that our military demonstrated over the last several weeks. despite missile attacks yesterday, again be

what iran exactly meant to do with these missile strikes and we saw the iranian foreign minister javad zarif say this is concluded a proportional response wasn't that was an escalation it was a retaliation how do you see it i think that's what it was it was a reaction actually action which which could be could be described as reaction with the with with less colors or damage and then the whole situation that mean u.s. attack to general money and now was. made to action to the to this action. here at this point to to to to state that both sides i think they they they don't have interest in escalation of the situation and they don't have interest in direct war between them and this is message from iran now in this way. i think emphasize this point that's the iran doesn't have interest in wars collation the situation and you strike us and restrike you and that's it so you think this is this is the message and this is a mess you think all sides really don't have an interest in escalating the situation 6 where do things go from here because this is already in itself a fairly serious escalation. y

mohammad javad zarif, seen here on a previous visit, had been expected to speak to the security councilal soleimani. there's been no official comment yet from either side but washington has previously said it can deny access to the un for security, terrorism and foreign policy reasons. dr zarif has been speaking about the situation. secretary pompeo called on said they didn't have enough time to review my request. although the request had been made in 2019, december 2019. i could have told you this is about the headquarters agreement but for a country which has no resume, america is different from this regime but for a regime which has no respect for a regime which has no respect for international law, which commits a cts for international law, which commits acts of war crimes. and threatens to commit further war crimes, tackling cultural sites. it's a war crime. i don't expect them to remain committed to anything. my question is what are they afraid of? i didn't expect to engage in any dialogue during this, but it would have provided an opportunity for me to engage with think tanks, jo

javad zarif is saying what we did was self defence, it is legal and it is concluded.oping that will calm things down. then trump the's reaction confirms that. president trump later tweeted that all is well, so far, so good, we are assessing the situation. at the moment there's a sight of relief among many americans on social media, they say it looks like both sides are trying to contain their reactions and they hope this won't escalate further. to people who have seen the pictures of the funeral and the millions morning the general on the streets, that will be a puzzle. you have the sense there's an enormous strength of feeling and a call for a big response from the iranian leadership but there isn't? many of those who attended these funerals have been asking for harsh retaliation and revenge and revenge was a word we heard again and again from the people who joined the funeral and iranians authorities. state media is trying to picture this attack is the big revenge. when you look at the headlines of these stories on state news agency and state television, there's a b

i spoke with iran's foreign minister, javad zarif, just hours before the attack. are you concerned that a strong response from iran will end in an all-out war? >> that depends on the united states. the united states took an act of war against iran. it will have to be prepared for the consequences. >> reporter: the foreign minister with a warning to the united states -- >> arrogance and ignorance when combined? it's disaster. and this is what's happening in the united states. arrogance and ignorance. >> martha raddatz with that interview just hours before all of this played out. and so, let's get back to martha tonight. and martha, you asked if they were prepared for all-out war, but did you get any sense what they expect in response from the u.s. now that this has happened? >> reporter: well, david, i think they are standing by. they say they are ready for any kind of response, but i absolutely do not get the sense that the iranis want an all-out conflict anymore than the u.s. does. david? >> martha raddatz with us again tonight from tehran. martha, our thanks to

the foreign minister of iran javad zarif say they would respond against the killing of the senior general looks as though this might be the start of that response. it will be interesting to see what scale that will be. potentially multiple locations across iraq, and the us and the vatican working hard to ascertain to what degree. we know the president, donald trump, has been briefed. when we talk about the revolutionary guard, general qasem soleimani woke through the ranks and became the head of ed, the kind of leader that was more than just a leader. given the situation, it is incredibly intense and it is difficult to ascertain what happens next but what we know at the moment, between six and possibly more and at more than one location which is of deep concern. deep concerns for the americans. donald trump took the killing of qasem soleimani to prevent further escalation of violence but what we're seeing now is potentially further escalation and violence. we know the iranians declared the targeted killing of qasem soleimani as an act of war and respond against legitimate targets. this is

this is something we've heard from various officials including or heard from the foreign minister javad zarif who said that the rhetoric coming out of the white house in the past 24 hours is certainly not helping the situation it's just escalating beats further there is a lot of political movement in the middle east at the moment trying to calm things down and reassure the iranians that they need to take a step back and let the mourning period of chaos in full in money and and let the international community sort out the disagreements and the anger that they bring in now have against the united states and its governments jabari their joining us live from a mush. thank you let's go now to simone fulton who's standing by for us in baghdad similar it was interesting listening to the smiths of the there talking about how his feeling is that u.s. troops have now been disinvited from the region and that includes iraq and of course that's what they've been focusing on in the iraqi parliament. that is correct and we're getting news out of parliament that this shia blocs have come together and put for

the iranian foreign minister, javad zarif, decried the dispute as a strategic mistake, but iran's foreignran was ready to maintain international agreements. all sides now have 15 days to resolve the issues raised. if they fail, the eu countries can refer the matter to the un security council, which could vote to reimpose any sanctions on iran. gareth barlow, bbc news. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. government forces in the sudanese capital, khartoum, have overrun the intelligence headquarters where security personnel loyal to the former president, omar al—bashir, were based. the mutineers had negotiated a surrender, and soldiers have now moved into the northern suburb of kafouri. there are still tanks and armoured vehicles on the streets, but the international airport has now reopened. fire services in catalonia are saying a huge blaze, the result of an explosion at a chemical plant, has now been contained. the blast, near the port city of tarragona, killed one person and injured eight others. some have severe burns. one person is still missing. authorities

rouhani will give an address later today we have however heard from the country's foreign minister javad zarif who has justified the iranian strike saying that they are proportionate they are in line with the u.n. charter a clause that allows of course for self-determination and that iran does not want to escalate and see a confrontation with the. united states but that it will defend itself if it has to . run 2 concluded proportionate measures in self-defense under article $51.00 a few and charter targets in base from which called lee armed attack against our citizens and senior officials were launched we do not seek escalation or war but will defend ourselves against any aggression now we're starting to hear reaction from the international community india and pakistan have both exercised or called for extreme caution urging they citizens there to avoid nonessential travel to read while the philippines has now started a mandatory or compulsory evacuation of its citizens and the united kingdom has condemned iran urging un not to repeat what the cause of reckless and dangerous attacks but again

operation has been dubbed mata solem and we have however heard from the country's foreign minister javad zarif who has justified the iranian strike saying that they ought to portion it in line with the u.n. charter a clause that allows of course for self-determination and that he ran does not want to escalate and see a confrontation with the united states but that it will defend itself if it has to . run. concluded proportionate measures in self-defense under article $51.00 a few and charter targets in base from which cordless attack against our citizens and senior officials were launched we do not seek escalation or war but will defend ourselves against any aggression and even a new revolutionary guard defending it said earlier issued a statement in which it said that it would retaliate even further if the united states or any of its allies in the middle east who respond to it strikes earlier this morning we warned the great satan arrogant american regime that any further malice or mobilization will result in a more painful response. of the u.s. government which have given their bases to the

the country's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif said the killing of the quds force chief qasem soleimaniote on twitter: let's speak now to our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet. what do you believe to be iran likely response this? you just quoted the foreign minister zarif who want of a dangerous and foolish escalation. he's called it an act of international terrorism. of course, the complete the opposite view of the complete the opposite view of the pentagon which is saying they targeted qasem soleimani to deter iran's future attacks and it involves him responsible for the deaths of hundreds of american soldiers and many other lives in the middle east. the response of iran are starting very slowly, very diplomatically. it is already summoned the swiss envoy in the iranian capital. it is the swiss embassy which represents the american in interest since united states closed its embassy after the iranian revolution in 1979. there is also a top meeting taking place in tay run right now to discuss what options will be next but it is widely believed this will escalate what is alr

mohammad javad zarif, seen here on a previous visit, had been expected to speak to the security council the assassination of general soleimani powerful leaders. there's been no official comment yet from either side but washington has previously said it can deny access to the un for security, terrorism and foreign policy reasons. rain and cooler temperatures are providing a short reprieve for exhausted firefighters across australia, but there is more hot and windy weather to come. and there are fears that large fires near the borders of each state could merge into one giant "mega blaze." after strong criticism of his response to the disaster, prime minister scott morrison has now promised more than $1 billion to aid recovery. lucy hockings sent this from wandandian, in new south wales. driving cubic empty mile after mile of charred art forest. we have just had some local vires, volunteer fireman pull up to have a chat with us. fireman pull up to have a chat with us. it alters the story of the local town. ideas of a massive fire came through here and at one point they we re through here a

just a blocked the visa for the rains or iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif who applied for a visa to come to new york to attend a u.n. meeting on thursday the united nations the u.s. said no now is not the time for him to come to the u.s. and block his be separate banning him from attending that meeting carol thanks very much indeed ok let's go live to us a very who's joining us now from iran that's where the ceremony to celebrate the life of general salim ahmed has just begun give us an indication outside of what's going to be happening today. well iran is still in a period of religious mourning and these ceremonies take case usually 3 days after somebody dies another one after 7 days another one after 40 days that currently the ceremony is in the run not far from the affairs of the supreme leader many where hearing you the g.'s of the money where hearing poetry being sung and just remembering his life but it's important to note who's in attendance so we have the president rouhani we've had the foreign minister divides raef we have the heads of the revolutionary guard we h

being dispatched to speak to the foreign minister mohammad javad zarif of course iran and canada have not had political or diplomatic relations since september of 2012 when the canadians decided to close their embassy and sever diplomatic ties so this is a 1st seen sign that we've seen of some kind of movement between the 2 sides and there is some discussion about whether or not canada can play a role in trying to deescalate the tensions that are ongoing at the moment those are things very much indeed dosage of our ally for us in turkey the ukrainian president has declared a national day of mourning after the ukraine airlines plane crashed in iran and killed all 176 passengers on board the boeing 707 went down shortly after takeoff. on wednesday. the u.n. envoy to libya has welcomed calls by turkey and russia for a cease fire to be implemented by sunday to support opposing sides in the conflict moscow by its libyan warlord khalifa haftar his forces have been trying to seize tripoli since april turkey has been the khan deploying troops to support the un recognized government based in t

iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif commented on the attack friday in toronto. america's action. is an act of state terrorism in violation of iraq's sovereignty which is murdering her sons who dedicated their entire fighting terror any russian terror is. through. to be outdone u.s. president donald trump held an address at his palm beach resort moral law go on friday rationalizing the attack and issuing a warning to anyone who would harm americans divided leadership or murders policy under review is to terrorists who are harboring to do harm to any american. we will find you we will eliminate you we will always protect our diplomats service members all americans and our allies. so let me just been. perpetrating acts of terror to destabilize the middle east for the last 20 years what the united states did yesterday should have been done long ago. now global markets are reacting to the assassination as equities tumble and are now swimming in a sea of red with few pockets of green around energy stocks utility and defense names recenter min is now fragile as geopoli

you mentioned is on his way to tehran he will be meeting his or rainy and counterpart mohammad javad zarif we have heard from sources within the foreign ministry who have been speaking to our various other media outlets that they say that there is a message that is being possibly carried by the qatari foreign minister from the united states for iran this is a very very critical time i think there's a lot of worry that iran might react quite quickly and harshly to what the united states has done and rightfully so with the assassination of their money is not an ordinary assassination and the iranian president hassan rouhani this morning has been meeting the family members of the assassinated general in the capital tehran let's hear some of what he had to say. 'd that 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 man. 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 ale

so we heard the iranian foreign minister, javad zarif, expressing profound regret over this this morning also apologising to the families of other countries — four britons killed, almost 60 canadians died in that disaster. but at the same time, the foreign minister putting in a dig at the united states, saying that the turmoil that the united states has caused in this region, the profound crisis, is partly responsible for that. the iranian military has said that it mistook the plane for an enemy target, because it was banking over a republican guard base, near the airport. all this really is an indication ofjust how destabilising things have been in the middle east, following the us‘s assassination of qasem soleimani, the leading iranian general. that has upset the balance, notjust here in iraq, where iran and the united states have been vying for power for many years and influence, but throughout the region. ukraine‘s president, volodymyr zelensky, has welcomed iran‘s admission that it shot down the plane but insisted on what he called "a full admission of guilt". our correspondentjonah

assassination of us himself and money we are we have heard from the iranian foreign minister mohammad javad zarif who appeared on state television late last night and he explained iran's actions and what they were going to do when it came to holding the united states accountable on the international community to draw me in have to. republic of iran holds the right to respond any time and in any manner and it will we will not be involved in america's smear campaigns and their blackmailing we will give a proper response in any manner in time we will as stated by the supreme leader. dosa can you tell us more about the funeral arrangements that will see in the coming days in iran. yes there's been a 3 day mourning period the cleared by the supreme leader so that continues today in the understand of the body of us and so the money will come back to iran at some point on sunday where it will go to the holy city of russia where people will pay their respects to him there after that the body will come to teheran where there will be a funeral service prayer that will be carried out by the supreme leader h

responsible for this act of terrorism we've also been hearing from the foreign minister mohammad javad zarif who appeared on state television late last night to make the case for iran that this action will not go unpunished the reins are adamant that they will pursue the matter further let's hear what else he had to say to me in have to. make republic of iran holds the right to respond any time and in any manner and it will we will not be involved in america's smear campaigns and their blackmailing we will give a proper response in any manner in time we will as stated by the supreme leader. do so when it comes to brutality and is ready to tell you should exactly what form that but take it could also be the comment from you about how iranians a feeling about the potential retaliation of the consequences that flow from that. 6 officially we don't know exactly how iran is planning to retaliate but we do know that they will and it will be quite strong there was an emergency meeting yesterday held in the capital by the national supreme security committee counsel of iran that is headed by the pres

tehran right now as we speak we've also been hearing from the arabian foreign minister mohammad javad zarif who warned that there will be repercussions and that iran will pursue this matter in the international courts. in have. republic of iran hates the right to respond any time and in any manner and it will we will not be involved in america's smear campaigns and their blackmailing we will give a proper response in any manner in time we will as stated by the supreme leader. well in the u.s. reaction to salamis assassination has been split along party lines republicans are praising chum's actions while rival democrats are questioning why the president didn't consult congress before approving the strike i did jocasta reports live from washington d.c. . president donald trump tried to justify his decision to order the killing of iranian revolutionary guard commander qassam sulaimani by claiming the money had been planning eminent and sinister attacks on americans in the region we took action last night just stop a war the us president said sulaimani was responsible for the deaths of thousand

president during his weekly cabinet meeting we've also been hearing from the foreign minister mohammad javad zarif we've heard from the defense minister as well i want to talk about what has been saying he just visited a short while ago the iraqi embassy here in the capital and he made some comments there there are important to note he said that the iranian government warned the iraqi officials and the iraqi army of their intentions to a launch these missiles into iraq and on the u.s. base there so they had a warning in advance by the iranian authorities also we heard from the foreign minister earlier that we can a cabinet meeting where he said that this reaction that iran has shown is really to be expected let's hear more what he had to say. people said very clearly that if the united states takes any further action iran viewed respond accordingly and we would respond in a very harsh way but proportionately very we did not start this process of escalation the united states raged an economic war against iran the united states has to come to its senses the presence of iranian people in the streets

from at the foreign minister javad zarif.you do you still want to listen to the client advising one are on a region team still imagine you can break the will of this great nation its people so. very at in sentry comments coming out there as well the roles of the images of a weeping. khamenei shared by many media here. att the times of israel scheringg at that partiticular r image worth pointingng at of course that's- many iranians. are not fans all of at the regime at all in iran. and some were even fetching de these images of a weeping. how many saying i have. i haven't been so popular in a in a very l long timime so thatat coming from one. iraninin in exile who has been blocked in fact by a committeeee. okay james accreting with media watch thank you very much. okay that wraps up another thirty minutes of the program on back after r the break with more will nu se on fronts twenty four. to stay with us 01/06/20 01/06/20 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from new york, this is democracy now! >> americans shoul