we're here to express our heartfelt condolences to the leader of the islamic revolution ayatollah khomeini general solomonic family and the flag bearers of the resistance against the zionist regime and the us the crowds chanted sang and cried the feeling here that this is a moment of change not just for a run but for the entire region but here president donald trump book that the fascination of boston for the money would result in people coming out and celebration coming out against the political establishment in iraq well the number of mourners here i think is the one so that he was greatly mistaken there were a chance of death to america and an expectation that iran must respond with we should take revenge the feeling that i had to was in little it's unique i don't have this feeling towards anyone else in government hands that's not my heart there's no one is valuable as the general on some blood with blood residual that whatever since i heard the news i've been crying 100 so we had feelings but at the bottom of our hearts we want revenge revenge revenge but not everyone agrees on what a

that is what iran's supreme leader ayatollah khomeini promises every u.s. airstrikes killed a top iranian commander. and markets digesting the u.s. attack. floodsces spike, money to bonds, and stocks fall. the new year brings a new world of geopolitical conflict. crude jumps tot $70 on fears in the marketplace, and the industry bracing for potential conflict in one of the world's most important production regions. vonnie: let's get a check on those markets. basically a risk off kind of day, but we have stabilized somewhat in the afternoon. now,&p down just .4% albeit most of the stocks are lower, with the exception of energy. crude oil is up 2.6%. we spiked as much as 4% in the overnight session. the 10-year yield at 1.80. ism menu fracturing came in a little disappointing. rightutures above 1550 now. jon: certainly, when you talk about the change in the marketplace right now, let's take a look at what's happening with global bonds, specifically the yields. the u.s. 10-year the at the lowest level since december. questions on what ultimately the federal res

iran is going into a three-day period of mourning, national mourning, the ayatollah khomeini for the first time in decades is overseeing a security meeting, the israeli harm, army and military under high alert. calling for all u.s. civilians to leave the country as soon as they can. so this is a region that is now up in the air again. it seems to be closer to war than it has been in many years. and what we're going to be talking about more and more, of course, are the iranian proxies. iran is not likely to face off against the u.s. in a military confrontation, the iranian navy is no match for the u.s. navy, the air force is no match for the american air force, but iran takes its power through these proxies. one of which is hezbollah in lebanon and it is worth noting that the number two commander, the deputy secretary general, for hezbollah, in lebanon, was killed in this targeted assassination. so the world is keeping its eyes of course on the region to see what the response will be. make no mistake, there will be some response, guys. >> cal, let me get your thoughts quickly on the f

ayatollah khomeini became the west's bogeyman and a fear of islamic fundamentalism would soon begin to spread its message and what many would see as a clash of civilizations and then a fear of islam itself which became the new evil. 'd following the 1st oil crisis and 1973. emerged as an invaluable and inexhaustible alternative to counter fluctuating prices on the global oil market. french television at the time broadcast promotional films featuring a background of once music. nuclear energy was acclaimed the product of human effort and intelligence and the perfect chimes of mankind. it was a dream that would become a nightmare on march 28th 1979. the partial meltdown of the 3 mile island reactor led to what is still the most serious nuclear accident in american history . fearing the release of radioactive gases the authorities evacuated pregnant women and children within a radius of 8 kilometers around the plant 200000 people fled the region. ultimately the reactance 3rd layer of protection held firm and the meltdown was contained although president carter did not want to abandon the

more people to come to the streets and our great leader and mom khomeini and lead this very well and led to do they were lucia enough there next year after following year which was. $5757.00 of our calendar and so. action for some fair people and a compromise actually was the start of this great dilution there were other factors of course that could be taken into consideration that should be studied whether what is important is that it starts off their. departure point of this whole revolution was actually based on this movement bias people who was. based on their faith and religious honors. their blessing of our faith and not ours who we can do great things. and also. this. event. great things happened. which led to the revolution. revolution that shook the whole world shook the course of the history of our country the course of the history of the region. even maybe the course of the history of the world lives which will be judged later. of god we should look at this even from this angle that the instruction of god and the power of the hand of god should be looked at looked at this

. >> ayatollah khomeini became the enemy of the united states the minute he replaced the shah.ermons that condemned the loss of iranian sovereignty. >> when khomeini saw large crowds gathering in support in front of the embassy, he made the decision, i'm not going to stand against this wave, i'm going to ride it. [ chanting ] >> there has been a persistent belief in many quarters here in iran that the united states government was plotting to restore the shah to power here. >> from the iranian standpoint, it wasn't terrorism. they looked at the embassy as an occupying force. the embassy was actually the agent for controlling iranian politics. >> khomeini issued a new warning. he said if the americans try military force to rescue the hostages, the students will kill them all and blow up the embassy. >> because of the distance to tehran from the arabian sea, a and problems in achieving surprise, an entebbee type raid seems unlikely. >> how much longer can you go on doing this? >> we are ready to go on until martyrdom. martyrs are alive in islam. martyrs do not die. o the bullets d

the architect of terrans military operations in the middle east the iranian supremely to ayatollah khomeini has warned the u.s. to faces harsh for tally ation u.n. security council members china russia and france have all criticized the action of the u.s. and strike came in the middle of the night later the pentagon tweeted this strike was aimed at deterring future iranian attack plans don't trump usually very active on twitter tweeted only this image. moves dot com to get iranian state t.v. confirmed the death of general. iran's top security body called an urgent meeting for friday. the foreign minister mohammed just wants to reef tweeted the u.s. act of international terrorism targeting and assess a meeting general salami is extremely dangerous and a foolish as collation. the u.s. government has accused me of having a key role in fighting in syria and iraq he reported directly to the country's supreme leader ayatollah khomeini. also killed the deputy commander of the uranian backed militias known as the popular mobilization of forces the u.s. has accused the group of being behind the rece

we heard from the supreme leader of iran, ayatollah khomeini. he said the united states is trying to destroy hezbollah, which is one of their most powerful proxy groups in the region. it was set up by the quds force, which, of course, used to be led by qassem soleimani before he was assassinated on friday. so it seems as though now we've seen this morning a conventional attack by the iranians, going against what they consider u.s. targets in iraq. the next stage of this would seem to involve what everybody was anticipating, which is the iranian proxy groups throughout the region getting engaged and firing back, not just at american targets, but at civilians like in dubai and israeli targets like where i am standing right now in tel aviv and haifa, which is only about an hour north of here. you know, hezbollah has long threatened haifa. back in i think it was a couple of years ago, the head of hezbollah opined that launching an attack against an ammonium plant in haifa could result in an effect that would not be unlike a nuclear bomb. and also ha

that the ayatollah khomeini sets or is a more of a slap on the wrist. i think it's probably more a slap on the wrist to be honest with you this is not the strong severe revenge that had been the slogan of the last 4 days coming out of tehran and other cities it is never the us in retaliation it is a risk direct response to the american military presence in iraq and also $22.00 missiles got through whatever defenses the the bases might have had so it is penetrated american targets and they can claim some victory in that sense that they have managed to hit american targets in iraq now whether they had their occupation to violate iraqi territory and sovereignty is a different matter altogether and in terms of where things go from here me dear estimate this to be very response from iran or is there more retribution yet to come and will america build that into its thinking in terms of how to retaliate to this. iranians have been trailing a series of responses to this over the last few days and this may will be one of many i think from here on the ball is in

massive scenes of grief and rage have filled the streets of iran's capital supreme leader ayatollah khomeini. led funeral presidents more from iran shortly but 1st let's look at some of what the left has said about u.s. troops in iraq in jew deference to the sovereignty of the republic of iraq the combined joint task force will be repositioning forces over the course of the coming days and weeks to prepare for on wood movement let's speak to john hendren who joins us live now from washington d.c. and john it was all a big mistake but we are going to see treat repositioning only. we are going to see true prepositioning but if it's a clarification from the pentagon of what was really an embarrassing gaffe the pentagon is saying that the u.s. troops are not leaving iraq they're not leaving the region but because of this letter the defense secretary marc esper had to scramble in the pentagon to talk to reporters and explain to them that it was not u.s. policy that troops would be leaving iraq the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff mark milley said it was a mistake that letter was a draft it w

has had an impact on the politicians and political establishment now the supreme leader ayatollah khomeini speeches are not usually carried live but this one was we were we were expecting that because of the missile strikes he had himself said that there would be revenge the needs of the revolution god had also said the same thing in the crowds in the street had big chanting asking for revenge for the general gas and so the money now the supreme leader said that this is a slap in the face of the united states but also that military action alone wasn't enough this is what he had to say. we're lucky you don't today we are armed the nation of iran is equipped today against the bullies of the world and i'm mad bomber move all over the last night we slap the us on the face when it comes to confrontation military actions of this kind are not enough what is important is the corrupt presence of the united states in this region must come to an end they brought war and hostility and deception and destruction to this region wherever they go this happens they are still insisting that this corruption t

some of them in his military fatigues some of them being embrace by the supreme leader ayatollah khomeini now the death of gus and so the money even by those holes to the government opposed to the really disestablishment even those people recognize gus and so the money as a patriot to someone that for tough isis and prevented them from reaching the borders of iran but what the what this death has also done has united the different political factions here in iran the conservatives the reformists and even the hardliners are all in unison all condemning this assassination and saying that there should be a response but for right now iranians are mourning and it's one of those moments where people are saying that they remember where they were and what they were doing when they heard the news of the assassination and asked said we know of course they will be interned on chains stay what's on the other steps in this process of mourning until that. well the body is been taken to different locations in iran but tomorrow it will be into iran and the crowds that we're seeing currently in the numbers

airplane ukranian international airlines plane that has crashed near the airport in teheran a mom khomeini airport crashed after takeoff so says a spokesperson for iran's civil aviation authority. 170 or i've seen other boats a 180 passengers and crew on board it is a boeing 737 plane not one of the max jets which we've seen in previous crashes of course this is i believe a 737800 which was perhaps 3 years old so very little detail at the moment but we know it's a ukrainian international games plane it's a boeing 737 it's crashed after taking off from tehran airport and there were up to $180.00 people on board more on that and when we get it let's grab a break shall we so much more to come though global markets are reacting to the unrest in iraq oil prices surging more than $3.00 a barrel we'll be talking about that with our economics editor in just a minute. hello again welcome back to international weather forecasts we're still watching that very powerful storm here across the eastern part of the mediterranean this brought a lot of flooding to turkey parts of greece and now we're watchin

the sword over ayatollah khomeini over the last 2 decades i think to say i don't want to walk around i want trouble with iran is of course you know runs shallow in so many ways but once again the snow used to differ because history of the last 40 years teaches us that iran is not interested in fighting the united states on its own. field in its own landscape of power which is direct military confrontation because everyone knows a not uranian should have a 2nd thought that iran will be crushed if it's going to fight the united states face to face military to military and that's why the iran for the last 40 years has avoided its called of could force that's supposed to liberate meaning jerusalem and yet there has been no confrontation between iran and israel for the last 40 years no direct confrontation between iran and israel why and we have this commander former commander in our late commander who was tasked by force so iran is not about to do what it has avoided doing for the last 40 years which is military confrontations with military powers that are superior to it militarily hence

all dosage of ari has more now from tehran you saw the supreme leader ayatollah khomeini preside with prayer service over his coffin that iran university the supreme leader clearly the straw to an upset and emotional while he was performing the service he was standing next to him was the president the head of the country's revolutionary guards as well as the head of the country's judiciary and the new head of the revolutionary guards force they were all standing next to the supreme leader while he was performing the service upon finishing that service the body is now on its way from tehran we can see that it's making its very very slowly through the large crowds on the streets of tehran it will go to the holy city of bomb where people there will be able to pay their respects and then finally it will make its way to that is the hometown of us and so the money where he will be buried on tuesday. the u.s. president is threatening sanctions against iraq if it goes ahead with moves to expel foreign troops donald trump says american forces will not leave unless iraq pays for the u.s. base t

state media reporting that ayatollah khomeini was in the control room coordinating these attacks. don't forget, this was devastating blow to him to lose qassem soleimani. qassem soleimani was arguably the second most powerful man in this country, and he was ayatollah khomeini's right hand. he had been able to realize khomeini's strategy in this region by developing all of those militias that have become so dangerous to u.s. forces and assets in this region. so this was personal for him, rachel. but we have to see now what the u.s. response to this is going to be. the iranians are also saying, state media has said, that all of their underground missile depots are now battle ready. their missiles are in place and are ready to respond to any attack by the u.s. or any other coalition forces that the iranian air force has been deployed. iranian state media are claiming fighter jets are now in iraqi air space. and there's also a great sense of anxiety here in teheran. on the way to the bureau, i had the radio on and songs of war marches were being played constantly on the radio. senior

role in fighting in syria and iraq he reported directly to the country's supreme leader ayatollah khomeini. also killed the deputy commander of the rainy and backed militias known as the popular mobilization forces the u.s. has accused the group of being behind the recent attack on the u.s. embassy in baghdad experts say the death of salaam mani could be a turning point in the middle east and potentially troll retaliation from iran and the forces it backs in the region against israel and u.s. interests. ok so what happens next more on that i'm joined here in the studio by a mere masowe is iraqi journalist just back from baghdad the day to you amir and us political analyst rachel rizzo good day rachel nice to have you as well on the show amir 1st to you how and where do you think iran will respond as it says it will do the killing of so i think the main area that they are going to respond will be iraq with within the iraq the american soldiers that we talk about more than $10000.00 american soldiers based in iraq and they could be next target for iranian influence in iraq ok any specific ar

earlier just a reminder the top story we're following for you here today iran's leader ayatollah khomeini has been leading prayers at the funeral of general custom sold him in the eye and others killed by u.s. drone strikes project his assassination has increased tensions between tehran and washington with the red ribbon. watching t.v. news up next our documentary africa rising i'm terry moore thanks for watching. it's all happening with. more leaked news from africa the world your links to exceptional stories and discussions continue and love comes to diffuse the ticking program tonight from phone from sleazy town i would say deputed codes.

khomeini seeks retaliation.l surges, the end stronger, the vix uses -- loses their three big figures. pompeo says iraqi stands on the street. biden says the president has tossed a stick of dynamite into a tinderbox. good morning, everyone. i am tom keene. nejra cehic in london. nejra, good morning to you. extraordinary news. we are beginning to see international reaction to this assassination. nejra: you covered in the cold open from our action from iran talking about severe retaliation. also from the u.s. side, the defense secretary talking about being prepared to exercise self-defense and being prepared to deter further bad behavior. that since signals there could be more preemptive moves from the u.s. that is a concern. tom: our team looking over all of this coverage. we will give you conversation. --m pleased to tell you right now in new york city here's karina mitchell. >> a u.s. air strike in iraq has killed one of iran's most powerful generals. it extended iran's power across the middle east at was killed

images from september, he has seen next to iran's ayatollah khomeini. >> the people came out on theirwn. no one should come and try to ride the wave and say, i lead this protest. we did not get any help from outside iraq. sadr has tried to reassure protesters that he will not eclipse them. but they have one focus, pushing the u.s. out of iraq. solemani,u.s. killed undermining iraqi sovereignty, many have criticized the u.s. alliament voted to expel foreign troops. some protesters believe that he could use that momentum to strengthen opposition to the u.s. to weaken their position, sacrificing the protest movement's initial goals. president donald trump says that his long-awaited middle east peace plan will be released before his meeting with israeli prime minister intranet yahoo! and his top rival benny gantz. byn, which has been overseen the president's son-in-law jared kushner is largely favorable to isisrael. 'sporter: donanald trump self-described deal of the century may finally unveil itself. pence: presisident trump is asked me to extxtend an invitation to prime minister netanya

has been all sorts of messages coming out of this country from the very top leadership, ayatoliah khomeini, vowing a severe revenge against the united states for the attack of his, of the man who commanded all of the military forces here. the man who had built all of these militias in this area, and a network of them throughout this region that had made iran such a force to be reckoned with here. so we have to see how those things develop, but also other messages that are coming out. qasem soleimani's replacemented. a man calmed general quany. the rhetoric is very, very tough here. kendis, even though the rockets have been launched into baghdad and we're not sure the source of them at this moment, iran may not be in a huge hurry for reveeng on the united states. they're masters at playing the long game. they said they will strike at a time appropriate for them. time and time over the years we have heard u.s. say all u.s. assets in this region are within immediate striking distance of iranian forces and proxies. so iran for now, it seems, it's keeping its powder dry, is keeping america anxi

all people on board the plane were killed when it crashed shortly after taking off from khomeini airport. the victims include 82 iranians, 57 canadians, 11 ukrainians, ten swedes, four afghans and three germans. three british nationals were aboard that plane. scott, what is the reaction in ukraine now? >> reporter: hey, don. obviously this is just breaking as we speak. and so we're still waiting to see what exactly the authorities are going to say on this. but for the last couple of days since this story first broke, since this tragedy first happened, this has been a political tug-of-war between the americans, the canadians, the brits, who were saying look, we have evidence, undisclosed evidence, that they didn't share with the public, that this plane was shot down by a missile. the iranians actually went so far as to call that fraudulent and a big lie. and here in ukraine, this country's government was trying to be the adults in the room, saying let's wait for all the evidence to be collected, let's do a full investigation, they hadn't even gotten into the black boxes yet. they were ask

any hope that's khomeini has to get the europeans on his side are now gone. never been here before in 40 years. lou: for the first time it appears the sanctions may have exactly their desired impact, the maximum pressure which the president insisted be applied from almost the moment he stepped into the white house. the u.s. military resuming operations in iraq, that to the good in terms of stability in the region. the president announcing new restrictions against saudis undergoing training in the united states. 21 thrown out of the country because of their association with extremists. your thoughts about these restrictions from military students. >> of course we learned a lot here. we should have had them in place before. 85,000 saudis in other countries over several decades. we never had a problem like this. but you only have to have one, and that was devastating for our three servicemen who were killed. we have got to make certain this thing is truly done right. the saudis did cooperate with the investigation. they threw all these people out of the saudi mi

the shah's western ways angered the muslim streak which was around ayatollah khomeini.n a permanent vacation and next month khomeini became supreme ruler of what was then and now the islamic republic of iran. a theocracy bent on overturning all western influence. jimmy carter gave the shah asylum in america. armed thugs stormed the embassy in tehran taking 56 hostages, 52 of what would be held for 444 days. and an american rescue plane crashed and burned in the desert killing eight service members. carter declared a state of emergency that remains in place to this day ending diplomatic and economic relations and freezing, well, billion dollars of iranian assets. and a final insult to carter, the hostages were released minutes after reagan took office. the u.s. backed saddam hussein during the bloody eight-year war. iran starts funding terror groups like hezbollah which bombed the beirut barracks in 1983. takes a weird turn in 1986 when reagan's administration was caught selling arms to iran and moving the proceeds to the nicaraguan contras fighting the regime there. it

calls for unity and a combination of western powers iran's supreme leader ayatollah khomeini and it was his 1st friday sermon in 18 years. he led the investigation into the impeachment of president.

iran's semi official news agency shared in undated video of ayatollah ala khomeini. >> if you hit, you get hit back. [ chants ] >> translator: they know this. they know that if they get involved in a confrontation with us and get entangled in a military way, they will get their feet trapped. they might harm us, but they will harm themselves many times more. and they realize that. >> iran is threatening to attack within u.s. borders if america retaliates for last night's missile attacks. all this confronting trump with the toughest test of his presidency which he tried to put the best face on last night. all is well, so far, so good. we have the most powerful and well-equipped military anywhere in the world by far. he promised to make a further statement this morning. our coverage starts with cnn national security reporter kiley atwood. she's live for us in washington. good morning. we now know what this initial revenge has been from the iranians. what are they saying in washington? >> reporter: yeah, so a senior u.s. military official is telling cnn that they had early enough warning o

khomeini, shame on you. leave the country alone.ng out as they have in the past few months protesting against this notorious, despicable regime. >> you hit the nail on the head. iran was engulfed by protests before we killed qassem soleimani. then the protests halted for a while and there were anti-american protests and dwem straitions mourning for qassem soleimani. but now that we have more information about what happened with the ukrainian airliner and iran admitted they were at fault. the protests against the iranian regime have resumed. they are widespread and they are significant. will they continue? i expect they will. but will it make a difference? can it result in regime change? it's probably unlikely. but it's also destabilizing iran. the other thing that's interesting. iran did missile attacks against u.s. targets in iraq in order to show strength, to have a showing of force. with the missiles missing mistakenly or purposely, and now admitting to shooting down an airliner. they look bungling. the armed forces look anything

eye awe toely khomeini wept, and the successor vowed revenge. the country is taking steps to remove itself from the nouk laer deal that president trump pulled out of two years ago. but domestically the president does not appear to be concerned. he's ramping up his fire and fury rhetoric, vowing they will never attain a nuclear weapon. he threat threatened to attack more than 50 iranian landmarks which would be a war crime. and the president's top allies are asserting without evidence that killing soleimani was necessary for our own national security. >> somehow there's not going to be evidence you have an imminent attack from a bloodthirsty murderous thug for evil criminal who had already taken the lives of hundreds of americans and maimed and injured thousands more? you need to see the evidence of that? smu you knew the evidence of collusion was there? >> we could see he was continuing down this path, that there were in fact plots he was working on aimed directly at significant harm to american interests throughout the region not just in iraq.

his hometown the hour where he will be laid to rest later on tuesday the supreme leader ayatollah khomeini wept as he.

interests and we have the ayatollah khomeini saying we're going back after you.general with a very close relationship with the spreek leader himself. we can be pretty sure there will be some reaction? vinay: yes, as the general said. i'm not an expert. david: and what is the follow-on, could it ripple? vinay: this is a very volatile part of the world and you look at what oil prices did last year, the return on being long front contracts and oil has been really handsome and over 30% including rollup, right? but the market is saying that on the forward looking basis, it is oversupplied with oil and the reason oil prices went up has something to do with opec plus russia cutting back on supply in response to the surge in u.s. productions, over $12.5 million barrels a day what is being produced here in the u.s. so from an oil disruption point of view, you know, barring sustained hostilities, the oil prices should go back to the way they are. david: part of the reason the world doesn't act more and stay up higher longer is because now we have shale oil in the united st

- -- various funeral processions throughout the country, notably here in tehran where ayatollah khomeinias visibly moved. soleimimani's remains were also taken to iran's holy city, turning out a massive crowd. body is finally laid to rest on tuesday, the tension between iran and the united states is not. iran has vowed to retaliate. the u.s. has warned it is ready to strike again. as defense comes secretary mark esper denies the u.s. military is preparing to withdraw from iraq. media reports said the u.s. had sent a letter to iraqi officials informing them american troops would be repositioned in preparation to pullout. the defense secretary says there has been no american decision to leave. >> u.s. troops are not pulling out of iraq. that w was the definitive answer from the top u.s. geneneral. but for more than an hour this monday that wasn't exactly clear , after the release of a letter from u.s. command the iraqi government suggesting that the u.s. would be pulling out of iraq. the letter acknowledged the iraqi government's sovereign decision to order their departure. this afterer a

any hope that's khomeini has to get the europeans on his side are now gone.efore in 40 years. lou: for the first time it appears the sanctions may have exactly their desired impact, the maximum pressure which the president insisted be applied from almost the moment he stepped into the white house. the u.s. military resuming operations in iraq, that to the good in terms of stability in the region. the president announcing new restrictions against saudis undergoing training in the united states. 21 thrown out of the country because of their association with extremists. your thoughts about these restrictions from military students. >> of course we learned a lot here. we should have had them in place

not overshadow the assassination of the country's most senior >> it is eight years since ayatollah khomeini letter friday prayers, a central message has t changed much. >> the evil u.s. government keeps repeating that we stand beside iranian people. you are lying. even if you are standing beside the iranian people, it is jt so that you can stab them with your poisonous daggers. >> death to t america, deat england, chanted the crowd. thousands were bused inca from mosques and given banners to wave. the ayatollah's appearance and these loyalists are meant to project strength at a time of weakness for iran. >> looking down from above, ruthless fixer, his assassination by the united states has wounded a run. >> the accidental shooting down of the ukrainian passenger plane with iranians on board brought more trouble. angry crowds defaced the dead generals posters. in neighbori iraq, iran and america continue thefl battle for nce. when it ran and americaig, often it is in iraq who believes. here in baghdad and across the country, there is a revolt against the government and iranian influence. teh

. >> and emotive prayer led by supremee leader ayatatollah, a d -- ayatollah khomeini.nei.nee -- can supportersn with accompanying the body of the deceased general. the funeral procession spilling over into the streets of the capital. soleimani's face on every placard and the words of revenge uttered by every mourner including his daughter. >> families of the american soldiers in the middle east have whitman's -- witnessed america's humiliation and they will spend their days waiting for the death of their children. >> following the targeted u.s. drone strike which led to soleimani's death in baghdad, american soldiers are firmly in the crosshairs of the iranian and iraqi officials. >> we promise to continue down martyr soleimani's path with the help of god d and we a aim to gt rid of america from the region in severalal steps. god the almighty hahas promised to get his revenge and god is the main avenger. certainly actions will be taken. >> president trump doubled down on his claim that he would target 52 iranian cultural sites if the country's leaders retaliated. offic

we're here to express our heartfelt condolences to the leader of the islamic revolution ayatollah khomeini general solomonic family and the flag bearers of the resistance against the zionist regime and the u.s. the crowds chanted sang and cried the feeling here that this is a moment of change not just a run for the entire region but here for president on the front porch of the fascination of boston for the money would result in people coming and celebration coming out against the political establishment in iran well the number of mourners here i think is the one so that he was greatly mistaken there were a chance of death to america and an expectation that iran must respond he should take revenge the feeling that i had to was the do little it's unique i don't have this feeling towards anyone else in government hand that's not my heart there's no one is valuable as the general a little on some blood with blood residual that whatever since i heard the news i've been crying 100 so weird feeling but at the bottom of our hearts we want revenge revenge revenge but not everyone agrees on what act

we're here to express our heartfelt condolences to the leader of the islamic revolution ayatollah khomeini general solomonic family and the flag bearers of the resistance against the zionist regime and the us the crowds chanted sang and cried the feeling here that this is a moment of change not just for a run but for the entire region when they hear president donald trump hope that the fascination of boston for the money would result in people coming out and celebration of coming out against the political establishment in iran well the number of mourners here i think is the one so that he was greatly mistaken there was a chance of death to america and an expectation that iran must respond so we should take revenge the feeling that i had to was in little it's unique i don't have this feeling towards anyone else in government hands that's not my heart there's no one is valuable as the general a little on some blood with blood residual and that whatever since i heard the news i've been crying 100 so we had feelings but at the bottom of our hearts we want revenge revenge revenge but not everyo

in side and juan we've been watching in the last 10 minutes or so iran's supreme leader ayatollah khomeini leading prayers in the funeral of general suing him on of course the 2nd of 3 days of mourning when we've been seeing people all over the country as the generals body has moved around and allowed people to pay their respects so again these live pictures that we're seeing are prayers and we've seen sort of mani's body move around the country we know that eventually later of course to morrow he will be interned in his home but these are the pictures of the people of iran coming out to pay their respects to a man who was divisive of course across the world but in iran itself an incredibly meaningful person we will bring you the pictures of come any sending over the the body and praying for this man who means so much to so many arabians we heard one lady earlier today talking very emotion the about how personally the people of iran have taken this attack and as you can see there they're literally is a sea of people in iran's capital packing the streets we're going to be able to talk to ou

we saw millions of iranians coming into the streets supporting ayatollah khomeini. and revolutions are very rare anyway and when they do happen, they seldom work so i don't think that's a great strategy. but in the absence of any dialogue between the united states and iraq i think we're going to carry on on this course of. it's going to be interesting to see how the iranians react to the president's speech. they really built up the attack as something very massive. they didn't prove any evidence for it. so are they going to want to try and save face after this speech that he just gave? >> mr. matthews, while i have you, you know, i always enjoy getting your take because you've been covering these things longer than a number of us have been alive. >> aren't you kind. thank you. >> here's the thing, in just the last two months, here's a president that essentially green lit turkey's invasion of northern syria. now you have a president who over the span of a number of days has brought us to the brink of something potentially quite disastrous. how much, chris, do you are

calls for unity and condemnation of western powers iran's supreme leader ayatollah khomeini delivers his 1st friday sermon in 8 years. growing anger at the government's inability to stop attacks by armed groups. as they were flies over the volcano in the philippines getting a bird's eye view of the threat posed by the rumbling craze. smile have all the day's sport including carlos sanford's one madame car rally the spaniard winning the world's highest profile off-road rally for 8 every time. so we begin with the diplomatic moves ahead of a summit in berlin on sunday to try to end libya's civil war the warlord khalifa haftar has met with the prime minister of greece turkey's main regional rival but a country that's been excluded from the summit russia and turkey who support opposite sides in the conflict will be at the conference which will try to end the fighting between how fast forces. at the un recognized government of. both have to expected to be russia is downplaying any chance of a peace deal. the most important thing now is that after the berlin conference if everything goes a

are expecting again lots of people to attend he was called a living martyr by the supreme to the khomeini and now that he is has been killed assassinated he's achieved that high status that's considered a specially within iran iran sees martyrdom is part of the very foundations and fabric of the ideology and theology in this country but also he was seen as a unifying figure yesterday ayatollah khomeini said that he was brave and wise but not only militarily but politically because he was known poxon and that's been seen by the number of people that come out onto the streets hundreds of thousands of people joining those funeral processions but also how he's death has united all the different political factions the conservatives the reformists and hardliners all have come together to condemn he's as us a nation and all had asked for revenge also just wondering about reaction you know we all sat there waiting to hear what donald trump would say yesterday so much expectation how was the speech received in iran. well there's been a lot of reaction since those missile strikes you just aired a c

supreme leader he's one of the most closest allies and confidant of the supreme leader ayatollah khomeini he's received many accolades from the supreme leader he's received the only and the highest ranking military battle of all nerves from the supreme leader who is the commander in chief of the entire military and armed forces in iran so if this news turns out to be confirmed by the way it has far reaching ramifications it is going to unleash a kind of uncertainty and instability and reaction not only in iran but across the middle east that i think will surprise not only the americans and the israelis but many around the world ok we need to take this claim that it was the work of the americans and the israelis with a huge pinch of salt obviously osama was making the point we were talking to him out of baghdad that israel has never carried out an strike or something like this in iraq they have crossed the border into syria but a different discussion to do with a different part of the music of the middle east always those. saying dorsey that the united states if it is the us has done this

he was replaced by the hard-line cleric ayatollah khomeini, who became iran's supreme leader.revolution, a group of college students who supported the ayatollah, stormed the u.s. embassy in tehran. they held 52 americans, mostly diplomats, hostage for 444 days. their release didn't ease the relations between the u.s. and iran. in the 1980's, the u.s. supported a rack and in 1988, u. warship shot down an iranian passenger jet over the persian gulf,ng a 290 on board. the u.s. says it mistook the plane for a military jet. fast-forward to the 21st them of secretly developing nuclear weapons. the sanctions devastated iran's economy. in 2013, iran elected a new,an rouhani. in a phone call with presidentao improve u.s.-iran relations. it was the highest level communication between the two countries in more than two decades. two years later, iran agreed to freeze its nuclear program in exchange for easing sanctions. that agreement was known as the joint comprehensive plan of action. president trump said the agreement was flawed because iran only agreed to halt its nuclear program for

their oppressors rulers are incredibly brave america stands with them as they call out the cruel khomeini regime i think the maxim pressure campaign is working the wall that's working there's no other way for them to get the money they need to fund the guard to fund their regime to fund their malign activities and you're seeing protests now breaking out across. according to a poll run by media in the united states a majority of americans disapprove of the way trump has so far handled the escalating crisis in the middle east it would seem instead of looking to calm the situation washington has opted to continue to apply maximum pressure on to iran it was a lot of takes up the story. as washington seated on the verge of an all out war with iran it looked like it had just stepped outside of its comfort zone the risk of plunging the middle east into yet a nother disastrous conflict was an obvious weight on the u.s. but now with the tensions easing america is back in familiar territory waging a political and economic campaign to force its rival into submission what is their strategy post the c

on monday we saw his funeral take place and the horizon with the supreme leader ayatollah khomeini led those prayers and crowds that large though that many people act in the streets had not been seen in iran for 30 years in this since the funeral of the founder of this planet republic like the last for many so the government here the authorities here the political establishment here does have widespread support right now because people on the streets were asking for revenge the politicians said that they would carry out prevention the military lead to the same that there would retaliate and that's exactly what they've done. we have 3 correspondents monitoring these ongoing developments in real time as big as you've just been hearing there is in tehran osama bin jabez in baghdad john hendren is in washington d.c. let's go to you john so there in the situation room we're talking about mr s. . but we're talking about mr pompei we're talking clearly about donald trump the u.s. president the cia and i guess the 1st thing they'll want to hear they want to hear from the base commanders who ar