now in studio by iraqi journalist amir mousavi and in washington by our correspondent pablo thank you to you both for being here pablo i want to head to you 1st because the president has just tweeted moments ago walk us through what did the president say. that's right carl we were almost expecting president trump to tweet and in it he said all is well missiles launched from iran of 2 military bases located in iraq assessment of casualties and damage is taking place now so far so good we have the most powerful and well equipped military anywhere in the world by far i will be making a statement tomorrow morning of course that was in direct reference to the fact that many americans were expecting him to address the nation earlier this evening that was being reported in u.s. media it was later than confirmed that it wouldn't be happening and it's a very different tone than what many americans were expecting from president trump it seems that he after this meeting that he held with the vice president my pants with the secretary of state my palm pale and the defense secretary mark asper you

and doris it was interesting listening to us mousavi there when he was talking and answering questions and i know that you said the mood has certainly been one that people want to see a strong reaction but he also talks about hanging back and listening to the diplomatic efforts of some countries who have reached out. yes certainly i think the officials here once they got over the shock of what happened of the assassination itself are now i'd a position where they know that they've made the decision of how they will respond there was an emergency session of the supreme national security council on friday. provided by the supreme leader and self and once that meeting wrapped up they issued a statement saying that they've decided already what they will how they will spawn but obviously we don't know. what the response is going to pan out but the president has hinted that they will not respond today or tomorrow or in the next few days but that their response will be a new years ahead and mean that their response will be continued against the united states and its interest in the middle eas

the arab center for research and policy studies at the doha institute welcome to you or how much mousavi in iran let me start with you if i may how are you assessing the killing of custom still amani by the americans because it now seems that president trump has pushed iran into a corner here. i think it's very significant i mean this is a very dramatic escalation of hostilities between the 2 countries essentially we've entered on charter territories there have been a lot of tit for tat military operations by both sides in the past 3 decades nevertheless what just happened in the early hours of today is very significant in the sense that the public assassination of the most powerful iranian general is essentially putting iran in a corner where it's not a question of if iran will respond but the question of when and where iran will respond to essentially i don't think iran has any choice but to respond to this attack let's bring in any government there in london ellie i mean it's an interesting observation is it not because many u.s. administrations have blamed iran for years about its de

of such tensions between them and the united states thank you very much for speaking to us hamad mousavi from the university of tehran we appreciate your time . our let's turn our attention now to other world news and the polls are due to close shortly in taiwan's president chen parliamentary elections the vote is seen as a choice between moving closer to china continuing to resist beijing's push for green if occasion opinion poll suggests current president sighing when who is pro independence will win a 2nd scott heiler is in taipei for a sore spot the polls are closing in about an hour or so what's the turn up been like. well the turnout here at this polling center where the elementary school in downtown taipei it has been pretty good kind of traditionally you see a spike in the morning right when the polls open and we did see that and then toward the afternoon you know we're only about a half hour before the polls close now we saw a little bit more of a spike here but also across taiwan that's being reported by local media so we have seen that what appears to be a heavy turnout this i

joining me in studio iraqi journalist amir mousavi and from washington ard w. d.c. correspondent pablo foley as pablo we want to head to you 1st the big question still american casualties we don't have any word on that but president donald trump tweeting the 1st we've heard from him in fact this was a couple of hours after the attack this is the tweet here and the president as you can say is seizing quote all is well and so far so good pablo certainly a different tone in that tweet from what we've been hearing from the president in just the past few days. yeah you're absolutely right far less aggressive the mall we've been hearing from president trump far more measured and i think one point that we really need to focus on is those casualties and actually to wait and see whether we have a final confirmation on dot undock could play a very pivotal role in how at the united states precedes un also president term say they in dot tweet add that he'll be making a statement tomorrow morning at now what's interesting about this is that several hours ago here in the united s

get to them on the go shrine and also it's interesting the picture that was painted there by bus mousavi there in foreign ministry spokesman was a bit of a kind of easy diplomatic picture behind the scenes he mentioned that the visit with qatar's foreign minister had actually been preplanned and they decided to go ahead with it anyway but he used words like advocating restraints and mediation and i'm just wondering alongside the mood with that sea of mourners that we're looking at the pictures of right now of whether it is still the feeling that people want to see a strong use of force in response by the iranian government. i think right now is a very emotional about what didn't quite. parts and that was what we meant to the general public and when she was killed in the fascinated very by the united states government by a drone in baghdad i think people are still there come to terms with the fact that it happened them so they are very emotional responses from people reflect that and i think. that there is a real effort there is the word of the product active in various countries in the.

wait till the assessment number because you will think it will be clear the iraqi journalist amir mousavi here in studio and in washington our correspondent bob loaf thank you both thank you. just a short while ago iran buried the general whose killing triggered this whole crisis large crowds of mourners gathering in the city of care months of pay their respects to money is burial had been delayed following a deadly stampede at a funeral procession on tuesday at least 56 people were killed in the crush. they were here to say good bye to a military command they called their own instead many were caught up in a stampede as hundreds of thousands of mourners descended on camera man. this is the hometown of kasim soli money the general killed by a us military drone last friday his funeral procession soon turned tragic as dozens were trampled to death. these mourners never expected the nation's loss to be overridden by their own. at a hospital a desperate search for missing relatives feared trapped in the stampede. we were at the ceremony and people rushed towards us so that i had to run away b

well how many mousavi who is professor of political science at the university of tehran believes thatwhen the u.s. withdrew from the table the e.u. abandoned iran. it's very hypocritical for the europeans to trigger the dispute resolution mechanism now i mean if they were sincerely and truly committed to the deal they should've triggered this this resolution mechanism in a year and a half ago when the trumpet ministration decided to leave the deal when the us left the deal it was actually the europeans that convinced you want to stay in the deal with the promise that they would shield you on from american sanctions and all those promises turned out to be empty and right now when iran is for its share of the deal it's backing away from the deal now they are trading the this so-called dispute resolution mechanism and this has actually brought a lot of anger in a lot of britain bitterness in tehran regarding the europeans. as our midweek news stories are shipping off and i don't stray too far though more great programs get their start in moments live from moscow this is your r.t. interna

let's discuss the latest developments with hamas mousavi a political science professor at tehran university that what is the significance of the dozen nations of the pentagon as a terrorist organization. so 8 months ago when the united states there's even a did the i.r.s. you see as a terrorist organization the parliament passed a resolution designating u.s. centcom as a terrorist organization what had been today is that the law that was passed 8 months ago has now been changed to get sick nate the entire u.s. military and not just cent com so the entire u.s. military including the pentagon and its officials as well as all related companies and institutions related to the pentagon as a terrorist organisation and this is i think very significant because it is essentially laying the legal groundwork for it you want retaliation. now washington has reportedly denied a visa to the iranian foreign minister to address the security council is that not a violation of the u.n. treaty absolutely the americans have to remember that they are only a host to the united nations day to not use the visa proc

the problem was may was unable to get parliamentary backing for it so even mousavi who knows have it. twice may had to ask the e.u. for a postponement of britain's leave date breck's it became breck's tension and may ultimately resigned. boris johnson became her successor the bracks champion from the very outset. but even he failed several times at 1st because of opposition in parliament and the president had to be postponed once more the prime minister made a gamble early elections his strategy worked. boris johnson's conservatives won an absolute majority with this mandate and this majority we will be able to do what. you pay attention. now after years of political tug of war nothing else stands in the way of britain's departure from the european union. and on this city eve i am joined by a colleague who has followed the brics it saga from the very beginning barbara theys will we know where you know we're very well she is in london tonight good evening to you barbara we've had i don't know how many countless moments in the past 3 and a half years when it seemed that breaks it would

also on board were pedram mousavi and mojgan daneshmand, and their two young daughters daria and dorinals, like this one in toronto, have been held in canada to mourn the victims. she was only 21. she was coming to tell us good news, that she's getting married, that she was graduating this semester. she was full of dreams and now, they are gone. i knew three people in that crash and i went through social media and i checked posts from different friends in the community, and they were posting about their friends and i was like, "0k, wow, i'm really connected to ten people." -- i'm —— i'm nearly connected to ten people. news that harry and meghan, duke and duchess of sussex, are stepping back from their roles as senior royals has come the queen has directed all four royal households to find "workable solutions" for the duke and duchess of sussex within "days not weeks". news that harry and meghan, duke and duchess of sussex, are stepping back from their roles as senior royals has come as a huge shock to the public... and the royal family. palace sources say they were blindsided by the ann

we've just heard from the foreign ministry spokesperson our boss mousavi who issued a statement saying that there will be serious and firm response by the iranians to any destructive measures that are taken by the signatories of the steel they raney's are saying that this measure that they've taken today is not a really practical one it's not a new measure they're trying to play down the significance of the fact that they were remaining signatories of the deal have triggered this mechanism which is quite important it means that there is serious problems with the implementation of this nuclear agreement on the part of the iranians and iranians for their part feel the same way about the europeans that they're not upholding their end of the deal which is why they all find themselves in this position now. and how much pressure is or so however is this putting on iran. well iran is in a very. particular position right now given the latest chain of events that have unfolded since the beginning of this year over the past 10 days. starting with the assassination of awesome selling money by the

for iran's foreign ministry says tehran is not pursuing war but it is prepared for anything about mousavi said iran is disappointed by u.s. president donald trump's earlier about about targeting $52.00 iranian sides if you run targets america's most obvious the country will respond to any threats but says he hopes this leads to the end of any u.s. military presence in the region kim yeah to me leaving. they've committed has breached territorial integrity and freedom they have violated this by assess and i think the senior military leadership i hope that this will be the beginning of the end for us occupying forces in iraq and the whole region a number of fighters have been killed during an attack on the kenyan military base which is also used by american forces the base is located in la county and the site is known as camp simba quickly claimed responsibility for the attack there's no word yet on any casualties among kenyan or u.s. troops at least 30 people have been killed off toward a leaf a half his forces carried out an air strike against a military academy in libya's capital tripoli

diplomats globally from around the world trying to get a handle on what is a global crisis we heard from mousavi the arabian foreign minister yesterday who spoke about many countries making approaches to iran trying to figure out how to get a handle on this enormous crisis potentially regionally in the middle east but also globally and of course in the u.s. we're hearing comment very much along partisan lines about what's the american public and potentially politicians should be doing to which out and talk to iran but of course the political toll may be one of diplomacy and rhetoric but on the streets of tehran these pictures that we're seeing right now it's very much a feeling of i think acute sadness or 3 days of mourning have been declared of course from solem. and his remains will be interned in his hometown on shoes day we have just seen in these past few minutes supreme leader common a and president has done rouhani and the speaker also of the parliament larijani praying over these body and we've seen a number of politicians of prominent figures coming out onto the streets mingling with th

salt in the wounds of wounds of the families of the victims the foreign ministry spokesman a bus mousavi he said that the western media were engaged in suspicious propaganda and that these other lines that the people in iran and outside have been listening to you have been hearing so they would be considerable anger people would be shocked but some iranians are also saying that this is a watershed moment they're not used to the government admitting that they at fault so internally the government has been experiencing. increased support after the assassination of general gossips of the money but this will affect that so it's a need government now is trying to salvage. the situation the admitting that they have made a mistake the saying that those responsible should be held to account and prosecuted but internationally this is deeply embarrassing for iran they have been saying that western countries especially the united states is engaged in psychological warfare that this is propaganda and now embarrassingly having to do it can you turn and admit that they are the ones that actually shot

rubbing salt in the roots of the families of the victims we had the foreign ministry spokesman a bus mousavi say that the western media were engaging in suspicious propaganda so we had all these lines coming out from the government and now this seems to be a u. turn to say that actually iran is responsible and this is very embarrassing for iran inside iran and also internationally we've already had the ambassador the iranian ambassador to the united kingdom apologized to the u.k. media he said yesterday to the u.k. media i conveyed the official findings of iran is that i apologize and regret for conveying such wrong findings incredibly embarrassing but also it was in 1988 that the united states navy shot down an iranian plane killing 290 people and just days ago president hassan rouhani tweeted donald trump reminding them of that fact and that and that incident is in the memory of many iranians and iran has reminded the united states and question them how they couldn't tell the difference between a military aircraft and a civilian aircraft now it seems like iran has made the same mistake. th

brian: unless you can flip four senators but mousavi on. steve: let's talk about two senators, mr. part it says we write to request and urge you to immediately declassify the full january 4, 2020 war powers notification you submitted to congress following the u.s. military operation. it is critical the national security matters of such importance be shared with the american people in a timely manner and entirely classified notification is simply not appropriate in a democratic society. so, once again, they want the president to declassify his reason for taking out that general last thursday. >> i think secretary of state pompeo said this very well yesterday over and over again because he did almost every show. >> i don't know if that material to what degree it reveals our sources and to what degree it reveals our methods. but i can tell you look, the iranian dictatorship has been at war with us since 1979. their seizure of the embassy, which was illegal, was a deliberate act by the dictatorship. they -- last year, their congress, went into session chanting death to america. literal