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

ready 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

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

mohammad javad zarif is saying what we did was self defence, it is legal and it is concluded.is hoping 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, saying it looks like both sides are trying to contain their reactions and they hope this won't excavate 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 these 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

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

the iranian foreign minister, mohammad javad zarif, decried the dispute as a strategic mistake but iran'sgn ministry spokesman said iran was ready to maintain international agreements. all sides have 15 days to resolve the issues raised. if they fail, the eu countries can refer the matter to the eu security council which can 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 and i think your 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

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

government 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

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

minister as 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

to 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

remains open to diplomacy with iran however when he ran top diplomat mohammad javad zarif applied for a visa to come to the u.s. on thursday to attend a u.n. security council meeting the u.s. rejected his visa so he will not be here for that thank you for all is up there. in washington. 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 iran is not interested in war iran is not interested in a scale ation 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 reach. more from us now in teheran with the reaction that. president rouhani has had some strong words for the united states he said the united states should know if they commit another crime even if it is a threat that they would receive a decisive action from the armed forces also we've ha

well this is something we've heard also from the country's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif this desire to bridge the differences and put aside what's happened in the past between iran and saudi arabia of course this comes at a time when iran finds itself in a situation where it needs all the friends it has in this region this is something the chief of staff alluded to he said that there is no reason for iran not to have good relations with its neighbors including saudi arabia of course iran and saudi have had a very tumultuous relationship over the past few years and it began in january of 2016 when and number of iranians stormed the saudi embassy in tehran and stroy that what was inside because they were angry about an execution of a shia cleric in saudi arabia since then saudi officials have cut diplomatic relations with iran and things have just escalated since then given the war in yemen and a number of other things that have taken place so there is a sense on the iranian side anyways for now that there needs to be a close look at this relationship and there is a desire for

tuesday as a result of what took place you've also been speaking to iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif who has had a bit of an issue with the u.s. government and secretary of state my pump specifically the foreign minister was supposed to travel to the united states on thursday to speak at the united nations general assembly but as a result of a series of delays his visa is not being issued by the u.s. government i spoke to him earlier today at an event he was hosting in the capital let's listen in to some of what he had to say. secretary pompei or caused the secretary general of the united nations yesterday and said they didn't have time to . consider my request and therefore they would not issue a research. that is a violation of the united states' commitments the i mean if the us if it takes. 25 days for the us bureaucracy to issue a visa for a foreign minister it was resisted the united states many times in the past 35 years then. that's the word asian of the u.n. charter headquarters agreement wide ocean of u.s. obligations both for a country that commits war crimes and crimes aga

as a result of this assassination and we've also been hearing from iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif who's the visa to the united states has been denied for the time being he was supposed to be speaking at the united nations security council on thursday we're spoke to the foreign minister earlier in the capital and he said that it is absolutely. ridiculous for the united states government to say that they haven't had enough time to issue his visa where in the past they've gone through the similar process so a lot of diplomatic activities are occurring since this assassination has taken place a lot of calls for authorities in iran to take revenge on the u.s. government and u.s. forces in the region but we're hearing from all levels here that the assassination of the money will mean the end of u.s. forces presence if u.s. forces troops in this region that it will end their presence here. there are such a large 1st on terror thank you. well in response to the killing runs parliament has approved the motion designates in the u.s. army on the pentagon as terrorist organizations an address

nations for the 1st time since the killing of qassam so the money iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif was unable to attend the session in new york because the u.s. refused to grant him a visa u.s. has continued to justify the assassination of some the money but if backing for the action limited even among its own allies james bays has more from the u.n. . this was a security council debate about the un's founding document the united nations charter keyed to international law and also central in arguments about the legality of actions by both the us and iran in recent days on us the us ambassador kelly crafts as the charter justifies their assassination of general sort of money pursuant to article $51.00 that says nations have the right to self-defense exactly the same article is invoked by iran to explain its missile attack on u.s. bases in iraq are generally 8th action against an airbase in iraq from which they cowardly on the attack against mortars or a muscle in money was launched by the measured on proportionate response to a terrorist attack in the existence and the existence of

it there michael o'hanlon as always a pleasure good to talk to us thank you sir meanwhile mohammad javad zarif has criticized the u.s. for refusing his visa to attend a u.n. security council meeting in new york and says america's days in the middle east are numb but my comment has more from the u.n. . the iranian foreign minister was invited weeks ago to attend a security council session on the u.n. charter however the iranian mission to the u.n. says no visa has yet been received the spokesman for the secretary general declined to comment on the specifics of the situation we do take note of what secretary pompei with interest said at a press briefing not long ago at the state department in which he said the u.s. would comply with its obligations under the host country agreement. as you know for many months the secretary general and or legal counsel have repeatedly conveyed their concerns and the legal position of the u.n. to senior representatives of the host country we will continue to engage closely. on that regard the movement of a rainy and diplomats has been severely restricted under the

iran's foreign minster mohammad javad zarif has commented."an extremely dangerous and foolish escalation." he added that, "the us. bears responsibility for all consequences of its rogue adventurism". and this morning, a twitter account which publishes regular updates and news about ayatollah seyed ali khamenei, iran's supreme leader, said, "his efforts & path won t be stopped by his martyrdom, by god s power, rather a #severerevenge awaits the criminals who have stained their hands with his & the other martyrs blood last night. " they also add "the loss of our dear general is bitter. the continuing fight & ultimate victory will be more bitter for the murderers & criminals." and there has been more reaction in the us. former vice—presidentjoe biden has tweeted a statement. in it he says, "president trump just tossed a stick of dynamite in to a tinderbox, and he owes the american people and explanation of strategy and plan to keep safe our troops and embassy personnel, our people and our interests. " and adam schiff, chairman of the house intel

iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif was supposed to be at the united nations on thursday for the united nations for the u.n. security council meeting however the united states. rejected his visa so on one side you have the top u.s. diplomat at the u.n. saying we want to pursue diplomacy with iran but on the other hand the u.s. also saying iran's top diplomat cannot come to the u.n. gavrilov is on there in washington d.c. thank you for that. now there's been an interview with al-jazeera with iran's ambassador to the united nations who has said teheran's next move will depend on the actions of the united states iran is not interested in war iran is not interested in escalation of tension in the region i mean increasing the tension in the region are really not. in the interest of nobody so iran definitely would like to to have peace in the neighborhood and the 1st ingredient for peace in their in the region is that the move of of the forces american forces from our teacher. and that full interview is on talk to al-jazeera saturday january 11th at 0430 g.m.t. you can check out to

foreign minister to send a diplomatic team to teheran to hold talks with the foreign minister mohammad javad zarif we're going to wait and see how these diplomatic efforts will turn out in trying to deescalate the tensions but at the moment various officials inside iran are adamant that the united states is going to be held responsible for the assassination of the late general we're also been hearing from the iranian ambassador to the u.n. he spoke to al jazeera let's hear some of what he had to say. he's not interested in war you don't he's not interested you know escalation of tension. i mean increasing the tension in the interest of the so you definitely you would like to to have peace in the neighborhood and the 1st ingredients. is that all of the forces and forces from 0 to each. well the position here is that carson full of money is a fascination is the price the united states will have to pay for leaving this region his death is the reason they have to leave the troops that they raise want the u.s. troops to leave the entire middle east this is something they say is not negotiable until tha

mohammad javad zarif, seen here on a previous visit, had been expected to speak to the security councilent yet from either side but washington has previously said it can deny access to the un for security, terrorism and foreign policy reasons. the foreign secretary dominic raab has been speaking this morning about the situation in the middle east. we wa nt we want to de—escalate the tension. we want to de—escalate the tension. we are concerned that, if we see a full—blown war, it will be very damaging, and actually the terror and particularly daesh will be the only winners. we are working with oui’ only winners. we are working with our us partners, our eu partners, which as i am travelling to brussels today, to make sure we send a clear and consistent message on the need for de—escalation to find a diplomatic route through. the headlines on bbc news — a british teenager is given a four—month suspended sentence after being found guilty of lying about gang—rape in cyprus. her lawyer says she'll appeal the conviction. dozens of people are killed in a stampede in the huge crowd attending th

ongoing to question the fundamentals of this country at the same time the foreign minister mohammad javad zarif has been meeting with the canadian foreign minister because a number of the victims have dual nationalities they were canadian iranians and the canadian government has had a big part in all of this as well he met with the canadian foreign minister in oman on saturday and they continue to have this dialogue to try and resolve the investors the ongoing investigation and trying to further cooperation between all sides and trying to figure out what actually happened and put this incident behind them but there's a lot more questions than answers at the moment and the government is certainly trying its best to not let this incident destroy iran's diplomatic relations. in tehran thank you. in yemen at least 79 government soldiers have been killed in a missile strike on the province of mari dozens more were wounded in the attack on a military training camp yemen's government is accusing who the rebels of being behind the violence. then so now he says the death toll is expected to rise they ar

iraq we also just recently in the past few minutes heard from the reigning foreign minister mohammad javad zarif who was this it ing the iraqi embassy here in tehran he spoke to reporters and he said that the rain ians gave the iraqi government and military warning advanced warning that they were going to carry out these airstrikes on or these missile attacks on the u.s. airbase in iraq he said that this was a within the they were iranians understanding to respect iraqi sovereignty and short while ago the foreign minister also spoke at the care following the weekly cabinet meeting let's hear of some of what he had to say there. people said very clearly that if the united states takes any of that action it on 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 of many cities unprecedented in the history europe can play a useful role by informing the united states of the se

diplomats to come to tehran and he's been speaking to be going on there in foreign minister mohammad javad zarif about this accident because of the number of canadians that were on board so we are waiting to find out what the leading foreign minister will have to say in the coming hours from now the iranians are good denying that they had anything to do with this plane with an accident and i'm very very unfortunate accident we'll have all this breaking news later in the days off the public dole says rory and tyrone many thanks dad. the u.s. house of representatives is due to votes on a measure limiting president donald trump's ability to take military action against iran as the forum for the assassination of the iranian general custom samadhi continues house speaker nancy pelosi says that she doesn't believe saudis killing has made the us safer we are passing today a war powers resolution to limit the president's military actions in ministration must be escalate and must protect prevent further by alliance america and the world cannot afford war but what happened. in the view of many of us is no

iran‘s foreign minister mohammad javad zarif today said that the us had failed to choose ‘the path ofunited states has consequences that will happen, and i believe it has already started. the end of the us presence in our region has already begun. we‘re joined now from tehran by dr seyed mostafa khoshcheshm, university of iran professor of news and media. iran‘s supreme leader said he wanted direct proportional retaliation, the risk here is that what you might consider a proportionate response might elicit a further response from the united states. that is what is worrying european allies, that there will be an repairable response that they cannot stop, and you will escalate the situation further. thank you for having me. it is no secret even in washington people know now that iran has been left with no other option but to retaliate against the assassination of soleimani. unless tehran wants to see its other generals thrown. so, after tehran showed a goodwill gesture under the nuclear deal and the us showed full disrespect, the europeans failed to comply with the terms. they even fail

spreading its malign activities is something the iranians just cannot accept the foreign minister mohammad javad zarif i spoke to him this morning at an event here he said that the americans are the cause of the bloodshed and instability. in this region and that the cack that they carried out has what he said was a path that they cannot turn back from basically the death of the assassination of money is being seen here as an event that has changed the course of history in the middle east not only in iran the supreme leader himself has said that this act will be and certain silence will not be accepted here because it will be seen as a sign of weakness we have heard from. various levels high levels of government who are decision makers in this country who operate within the realms underneath the supreme leader's authority and they have all said that silence is not an option they have decided what they will do but that they will do it at the right time they will decide when and where to attack and how to structure revenge that is something the ordinary iranians are demanding from their government follow

i want you to take a listen to what iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif had to say earlier todayt the targeted assassination by the united states. >> america's action without any doubt is an act of state terrorism, in violation of iraq's sovereignity which is murdering persons who dedicated their entire lives to fighting tyranny, oppression, terror and extremism. >> reporter: israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu did comment on the situation, saying the united states has the right to defend itself. the u.s. position is soleimani was planning other attacks against u.s. forces in the region, after the u.s. embassy in baghdad was formed earlier this week that the u.s. claims was orchestrated by the now dead soleimani. cheryl: you're in iran, jordan. we know that soleimani was operating a shadow war in syria and iraq. what is the reaction in jordan this morning? >> reporter: exactly. well, neighboring jordan certainly prepared for the possibility of a larger escalation and it signatures at a very unique -- sits at a very you unique location, bordering israel and iraq. being in th

i think the message put out by foreign minister mohammad javad zarif on the iranian side is they calibratedmassive damage inside iran. now, will that be acceptable to hardliners in iran? has enough been done? this decision must have been signed off by the leadership, so yes, probably, for now, it will be. the question, though, again, is the americans and trump. i think the tone of his twitter response was to say, you know, maybe not as bad as we thought and perhaps, i'm speculating of course, his advisers might be saying, when he wakes up, they are asleep on the west coast of they are asleep on the west coast of the us, they might say something like this, "look, mr president, look at the profit and loss account here. we have knocked off one of their most powerful and dangerous men and one of our worst enemies". and on the iranians side, what have they done? lob missiles into american daisies, bases and perhaps there are casualties, we don't know, but in other words, we have absorbed the best shot they feel they can do and we have got rid of their guy, so, mr president, that looks like a win

iran's foreign minster mohammad javad zarif has commented.mani was, "an extremely dangerous and foolish escalation." he added that "the us. bears responsibility for all consequences of its rogue adventurism". and in the us, former vice—presidentjoe biden has tweeted a statement. in it he says "president trump just tossed a stick of dynamite in to a tinderbox, and he owes the american people and explanation of strategy and plan to keep safe our troops and embassy personnel, our people and our interests. " kasra naji is a correspondent for bbc persian, and joins me now. looking at that statement that has just come in from the foreign secretary here, dominic raab, saying we have always recognised the aggressive thread posed by the iranian quds force but we are at all sides to de—escalate but what is the chance of that happening, it certainly doesn't sound like it, does it? what i understand from bits and pieces of information we are getting from iran is iran is preparing, as we speak, the supreme leader is in a session at the supreme leader is i