now the radio revolutionary guards corps has issued a statement in which it says that these actions are because it is time to fulfill its promise to took immediate responsibility for the strikes and it has called the united states the great satan threatening that if the united states or any of its allies in the region and it mentions by name particularly israel respond it will retaliate in force. in response to the terrorist operations of the american invaders and the vicious assassination of the heroic commander of the kids force the islamic revolutionary guard corps of iran successfully carried out operation martyrs sunni money. we warned the great satan our good american regime that any further mobilization will result in a more painful response. now we're also hearing from iran that should israel take any action it will activate hizbullah and israel has been particularly concerned since last friday that he ran will use its proxies in the region these include hamas. israeli southern border by gaza and his but let me add the israeli northern border of lebanon and in that respect israe

be trying hard to ascertain who is behind this copy we know that iran and especially the revolutionary guard corpsating in the region. is it one of those that has targeted airbase? is it the revolutionary guard corps itself? that will dictate the severity of the situation and what the potential response from the united states will be. if it has rocket attacks that suggest more that it may be some of the proxy militias that operate in tandem with iran. if it is political cruise missiles that will point towards tehran and the revolutionary guard corps itself. it is only three o'clock in the morning and western iraqi. that will make it a lot harder in the initial stages to determine and ascertain exactly who is behind us, but the news agencies and around saying the revolutionary guard corps are taking some degree of responsibility. it is important to stress that we are unclear of any casualties in the damage and as you mentioned the possibility of multiple locations but we certainly do know that a number of rockets, possibly as many as ten, have been launched at this airbase and of course as they how

responds to this retaliation, that the revolutionary guard corps could respond then inside the united states. that's another threat coming out. the revolutionary guard also warning the united states not to retaliate after these strikes that the iranians are conducting right now. they're warning america's regional allies that have u.s. bases on their soil that if attacks against iran are launched from those bases, those countries will become targets as well. in the u.s. now seeing how it wants to respond to this iranian retaliation, what are some of the countries in the region that have u.s. bases on them going to think of this iranian threat? the iranians also once again threatening israel, as we've seen in the past assi well. but one of the interesting things is that the iranians are using their ballistic missiles to do this. it's one of the most sophisticated weapons they have in their arsenal, and it's certainly a case that the iranians are making a point that they're not using their proxy forces to strike back at america, but using their own forces and homeland weapons, which are

they say that this will be the islamic revolutionary guard corp. is warning the u.s. that this is just the beginning of a crushing response in case of new aggression. what are you hearing over there in baghdad? >> reporter: just very scant information at this stage. all we really can confirm is that it does seem as though the al-assad air base has been hit by at least ten rockets. let's look at the context at which all of this is happening, wolf. there's been all sorts of mixed messaging about whether or not the u.s. military is going to be withdrawing. there was that whole debacle over the letter that was inadvertently sent to the iraqi government that made it seem like the americans were beginning to pull out. and you had very strong statements from the u.s. side from the secretary of defense, from president trump, about how the americans were not withdrawing. president trump has been threatening sanctions on iraq. and those threats, those positions, have had a reaction from a number of iran's proxies in iraq saying that if america doesn't withdraw, they are going t

silent thus far, we are hearing more from iranian state television and from the international revolutionary guard corps itself. fred liken is in tehran at this moment able to monitor that and those signals you're seeing. fred, what are they saying? >> reporter: well, they're obviously saying that the revolutionary guard corps is the ones who are behind this attack on this air base. they say tens of rockets and missiles have been fired at that base. in fact, on the farce news network which is one of the state run news agencies here in iran, there is video proporting to show one of those missiles hitting the base. they are saying that was a ballistic missile hitting the al-assad air base. we're not able to independently verify that. but that obviously erin would be a significant turn of events. one of the things we've seen so far with attacks on american bases inside of iraq, some by proxy forces, is they've often used lower tech shorter range missiles. if this was a ballistic missile, it would be the revolutionary guard corps not just showing it's lashing out as the u.s. or taking revenge as they put it

personal abroad by killing salomone the head of the iranian revolutionary guard corps quds force a u.s. designated foreign terrorist organization or donald trump as well after authorizing that strike tweeted simply this no woods just a picture of the american flag. well it wasn't just so a man who was killed the u.s. forces of also killed the deputy commander of iranian backed coalition of groups in iraq. the hondas and the popular mobilisation forces were killed when the airstrike targeted his vehicle on the road to the baghdad airport now the u.s. secretary of state has tweeted a video of iraqis celebrating on the street and he said iraqis iraqis dancing in the street for freedom thankful that general sala money is no more now we have correspondents covering this of course in all parts of the world particularly in iran and iraq and also the united states. has been bringing us all the response from washington d.c. and joins us now just bring us up to date on what people are saying that. yeah we're normally stone now starting to hear from more of the democrats that are running for pres

military operation that killed major general qassem soleimani, the command of the islamic revolutionary guard corps, quds force. in the days since, i've become increasingly alarmed about the strike, a a striker was carried out with insufficient transparency, without consultation of congress and without a clear plan for what comes next. president trump had promised to keep the united states out of endless wars in the middle east. the president's actions, however, hadr, seemingly incread the risk that we could be dragged into exactly such a war. it's indicative of president trump's foreign policy record, which is riddled by chaotic, uninformed, erratic, and impulsive decision-making without adequate consideration for the consequences in just about every foreign policy area president trump touches, we are worse off than we were before he started with it. with china, north korea, syria, russia. the president has careened from one impulsive action to the next with no coherent strategy. north korea today, despite what president trump said, we don't have to worry about then, is a greater nuclear threat th

and certainly very closely afterwards, the revolutionary guard corps took credit for launching those missiles. obviously, qassem soleimani was a member of the revolutionary guard corps. what the iranians are saying, they can strike back any time they want, and also they can do so from their own territory. that they can hit american bases in other countries, and they don't necessarily only need the proxy forces they have in those other countries. they can use some of the more sophisticated weapons, specifically their ballistic missile weapon program. that's the centerpiece of iran's and the revolutionary guard corps's technology. we have reaction coming from across the board. we have iran's supreme leader who essentially also said that this is something that was very limited. he called this a slap in the face to the united states and nothing more. he's also saying that this region will never have america -- will have accepted a u.s. presence in this region. some of the messaging we've been hearing from the iranians saying they believe this could be the beginning of the end of the u.s.

personnel abroad by killing custom soleimani the head of the iranian revolutionary guard corps kids force a desert u.s. designated foreign terrorist organization so it's a pretty brief comment there but that's the 1st 1st official statement from the white house we have still not heard from the commander in chief president donald trump the only activity we've heard from the president is one tweet since this news broke and it was just a tweet of the photo of the american flag but that's it we've reached out to the white house to see if the president plans to address the american people and address the nation as barack obama did when osama bin laden was killed still no word from the white house on that again bear worth repeating again still also have not heard from the secretary of state or. the defense department of defense head of the department of defense and it's worth pointing out again just that the statement from the pentagon really laid out that the pentagon felt that solo money was planning new attacks against americans in the region it says here finishes again this is from the pent

major general custom solomon a was a senior commander of iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps and the hit of its a late could force he graduated to the role 20 years ago and was regarded as the mastermind of iran's military strategy in the region he really spoken public but gave this interview in october saying iran's i.o.c. had expanded islamic resistance to half a 1000000 square kilometers connecting iran through iraq and syria to lebanon on. the codes for us runs a runs foreign military and clandestine operations the us attributed it to campaigns in iraq lebanon and syria germany kenya bahrain in turkey so money delegated iranian diplomats to meet with u.s. officials after the september 11th attacks and they briefly worked together against the taliban but the relationship soon deteriorated during the iraq war the us sit around through the could schools and shia militias killed more than $600.00 american service members 17 percent of all u.s. deaths in the war the us and iran's priorities aligned once more in the fight against eisel but didn't devolve possible actual field in ap

for years, the islamic revolutionary guard corps and its ruthless qud's force, under soleimani's leadershipinjured and murdered hundreds of american civilians and servicemen. the recent attacks on us targets in iraq, including rocket strikes that killed an american and injured four american servicemen very badly, as well as a violent assault on our embassy in baghdad, were carried out at the direction of soleimani. soleimani made the death of innocent people his sick passion, contributing to terrorist plots as far away as new delhi and london. today, we remember and honour the victims of soleimani's many atrocities and we take comfort in knowing that his reign of terror is over. live now to washington and our correspondent gary o'donoghue. gary, it was a short statement. did president trump explained his long iran strategy? no, i don't think he did. i mean, he did say that he wasn't seeking regime change into ron, which, of course, some of the more hawkish elements in this country have long called for, but he said in offence he was calling time oi'i said in offence he was calling time on ir

personnel the brewery by killing customs all the money the head of the iranian revolutionary guard corps could force the u.s. does ignited foreign terrorist organization donald trump to authorizing that strike is also tweeted no woods from him just a picture of the american flag. but it wasn't just the money who was killed the u.s. forces have also killed the defeated commander of the iranian backed coalition of obdurate in iraq. from the popular mobilisation forces was killed when the airstrike targeted he's vehicle on the road to the baghdad airport and we have correspondents covering the story from all angles gabrial elizondo is live for us in washington d.c. . is live in terror ron but 1st we'll go to some other 14 who's live in baghdad and some other we've been discussing this throughout our breaking coverage people to study to wake up to this news there have been celebrations in some parts but also concern in others and the iraqi government concerned about something that is a breach of its sovereignty what are they signed. well there are certainly a lot of mixed feelings the immedi

major general custom solomon a was a senior commander of iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps and the hit of its a late could force he graduated to the role 20 years ago and was regarded as the mastermind of iran's military strategy in the region he really spoken public but gave this interview in october saying iran's i.o.c. had expanded islamic resistance to half a 1000000 square kilometers connecting iran through iraq and syria to lebanon on. the codes for us runs a runs foreign military inclined to stein operations the us attributed it to campaigns in iraq lebanon syria germany kenya bahrain in turkey so money delegated iranian diplomats to meet with u.s. officials after the september 11th attacks and they briefly worked together against the taliban but the relationship soon deteriorated during the iraq war the us sit around through the could schools and shia militias killed more than $600.00 american service members 17 percent of all u.s. deaths in the war the us and iran's priorities aligned once more in the fight against eisel but didn't evolve past the battlefield in april

normally the iranian military and iran's revolutionary guard corps are secretive organizations that do not give much information about what they do militarily. in the aftermath of the iranian strike in iraq that housed u.s. troops they were in a heightened state of alert because the u.s. said they would strike back if iran hits united states assets inside iraq. they said that they were seeing a lot of activity on radars and u.s. planes near iran's borders near what they call sensitive military installations. as far as the ukrainian airliner is concerned they say after it took off it made a turn towards the north and then was getting close to sensitive military installations of iran's revolutionary guard corps. they said the plane was at an altitude and pitch where they perceived it to be a threat and then mistakenly shot it down. they said it was human error as they put it. iranians are saying they are going to get to the bottom of what happened and hold those behind shooting it down accountable and going through the decision-making hierarchy of all of this and reform their processes t

personnel abroad by killing custom seal their money the head of the iranian revolutionary guard corps could sports a u.s. designated foreign terror organization and donald trump after authorizing that strike tweeted this simply no words just a large picture of the american fly well it wasn't just sort of money who was killed the u.s. forces of also killed the deputy commander of iranian backed coalition of armed groups in iraq. this from the popular mobilisation forces was killed when the air strike targeted his vehicle on the road to baghdad's airport. well the supreme leader of iran ayatollah seyyed callup many has said those who killed custom sort of and he should await a quote tough revenge in a statement these were his words so all the friends and foes must know that the path of jihad of the resistance will continue with double motivation and a definite victory awaits those who fight in this auspicious demise of our selfless in general is bitter but the continued fight and achievement of the final victory will make life more bitter for the murderers and criminals well iraq's prim

your government trust the regime on that and would it follow through listing the entire revolutionary guard corpsas a terrorist entity as you voted for in september2018? as a terrorist entity as you voted for in september 2018? these are the kinds of questions we will have to be reflecting on in the coming days and weeks. our focus be reflecting on in the coming days and weeks. ourfocus right now be reflecting on in the coming days and weeks. our focus right now is providing the support to grieving families that need answers, need closure, that need justice. need access to consular support, both in iran and in canada. we are doing everything we can to ensure that that happens in the short—term, but obviously there are reflections in the medium and long—term as we move forward. your defence minister categorised qasem soleimani's assassination as an act of deterrence. one made by the united states, do you agree with that assessment? i think there are many conclusions that we will be drawing as we move forward in reflecting on these incidents of the past week. our focus these incidents of the past w

major general custom solomon a was a senior commander of iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps and the hit it's a late could force he graduated to the role 20 years ago was regarded as the mastermind of iran's military strategy in the region he really spoke in public but gave this interview in october saying iran's i.o.c. had expanded islamic resistance to half a 1000000 square kilometers connecting iran through iraq and syria to lebanon on. the codes for us runs a runs foreign military inclined to stein operations the us attributed it to campaigns in iraq lebanon syria germany kenya bahrain in turkey so money delegated iranian diplomats to meet with u.s. officials after the september 11th attacks and they briefly worked together against the taliban but the relationship soon deteriorated during the iraq war the us sit around through the could schools and shia militias killed more than $600.00 american service members 17 percent of all u.s. deaths in the war the us and iran's priorities aligned once more in the fight against eisel but didn't devolve possible actual field in april la

and the revolutionary guard corps force for example i imagine that there are other aspects to these relations not just comes into its own one individual that being said i wouldn't be surprised if there was some independent agency operated by conflict is by these who no doubt is going to be incredibly angry at the steps taken by the united states right they have to leave it there simon even from lancaster university in england thank you very much for that analysis thank you. if you're just joining us you're watching news coming to you live from but and here's a recap of our top story iran claims it's killed more than 80 americans on after firing believes the u.s. military targets in iraq strikes on retaliation for the u.s. assassination of the gendron general silly money u.s. president donald trump treated earlier that all is well as damage was being assessed. and forget you can always get news on the gorgeous download apps from google play also in an abstract that will give you access to all the latest news from around the wasn't as well especially if occasions for any breaking news and if yo

major general custom solomon a was a senior commander of iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps and the hit of its a late could force he graduated to the role 20 years ago and was regarded as the mastermind of iran's military strategy in the region he really spoken public but gave this interview in october saying iran's i.o.c. had expanded islamic resistance to half a 1000000 square kilometers connecting iran through iraq and syria to lebanon on. the codes force runs a runs foreign military and claimed to stein operations the us attributed it to campaigns in iraq lebanon syria germany kenya bahrain and turkey so money delegated iranian diplomats to meet with u.s. officials after the september 11th attacks and they briefly worked together against the taliban but the relationship soon deteriorated during the iraq war the us sit around through the could schools and shia militias killed more than $600.00 american service members 17 percent of all u.s. deaths in the war the us and iran's priorities aligned once more in the fight against eisel but didn't devolve past the battlefield in ap

major general custom solomon a was a senior commander of iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps and the hit of its a late could force he graduated to the role 20 years ago and was regarded as the mastermind of iran's military strategy in the region he really spoken public but gave this interview in october saying iran's i.o.c. had expanded islamic resistance to half a 1000000 square kilometers connecting iran through iraq and syria to lebanon on. the codes for us runs a runs foreign military inclined to stein operations the us attributed it to campaigns in iraq lebanon syria germany kenya bahrain in turkey so money delegated iranian diplomats to meet with u.s. officials after the september 11th attacks and they briefly worked together against the taliban but the relationship soon deteriorated during the iraq war the us sit around through the could schools and shia militias killed more than $600.00 american service members 17 percent of all u.s. deaths in the war the us and iran's priorities aligned once more in the fight against eisel but didn't devolve possible actual field in apri

personnel abroad by killing so a money the head of the running iranian revolutionary guard corps could force a u.s. designated foreign terrorist organization general so the money was actively developing plans to attack american diplomats and service members in iraq and throughout the region the d.o.t. release added that general stolen money was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of americans and coalition service members as well.

and the revolutionary guard corps force for example i mean much in that there are other aspects to these relations it's not just contingent on one individual that being said i wouldn't be surprised if there was some independent agency operated by conflict is by these who no doubt is going to be incredibly angry at the steps taken by the united states you have to leave it there simon even from lancaster university in england thank you very much for that analysis. let me now bring up to it's an other major developing story that we're following for you more than a 170 people have died after a ukrainian passenger jet crashed in iran it's not immediately clear what caused the plane to come down the ukraine international airlines jet was on its way from iran's capital to head on to the ukrainian capital kiev ukraine's president wanted near zelinsky has broken off a foreign visit to return to kiev because of the crash. a field of burning debris lights up the night sky near the iranian capital the apparent remnants of the ukraine international airlines flight that crashed shortly after takeoff f

now the radio revolutionary guards corps has issued a statement in which it says that these actions are because it is time to fulfill its promise to took immediate responsibility for the strikes and it has called the united states the great satan threatening that if the united states or any of its allies in the region and it mentions by name particularly israel respond it will retaliate in force. in response to the terrorist operations of the american invaders and the vicious assassination of the heroic commander of the could force the islamic revolutionary guard corps of iran successfully carried out operation martyrs sulaimani. we warned the great satan our good american regime that any further mobilization will result in a more painful response. now we're also hearing from iran that should israel take any action it will activate hizbullah and israel has been particularly concerned since last friday that iran will use its proxies in the region these include hamas . the israeli southern border by gaza and his me of the israeli northern border of lebanon and in that respect israeli troo

the money lead the powerful force in the late branch of the iranian revolutionary guard corps charged with spearheading foreign operations the unit has been heavily involved in the conflicts in iraq and syria and was instrumental in the territorial defeat of vital in the us the general was listed as a terrorist officials there say he was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of american service personnel and was actively planning further attacks. will to unpick this story further i'm joined live by our to kill up my pain killer the situation is looking extremely volatile in the middle east right now a brick dawn for us what's known. what we have u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o continuing to insist that the usa is trying to somehow deescalate the situation with iran and not ask elate tensions this is what we've heard from mike bomb pale the u.s. remains committed to deescalation that was the time to take this action so that we could disrupt this plot deter further aggression from qassam salami in the iranian regime as well as to attempt to deescalate the situation. but the fact

the senior commander of the runs elite military unit the islamic revolutionary guard corps has accepted full responsibility for shooting down the ukrainian passenger plane on wednesday he said the boeing 737 was mistaken for a cruise missile. well it's me don't you don't you were not heard that the flight had been shot down i wish there was a debt as i never wanted to witness such a terrible incident. you also added in a defense system operator had faulty communications and had just 10 seconds to make what was described as a bad decision the commander added they had requested the establishment of a no fly zone before the incident but it wasn't approved for some reason ilya tehran admitted its military unintentionally hit the jet despite days of denials of involvement in the downing collegiately invigorate discuss this with all these dumb quarter. we heard from ukraine's president vladimir selenski who said that he expect he expects iran to take full responsibility and for the investigation to continue without any obstruction earlier today we did hear from iran's president who promised j

and the revolutionary guard corps force for example i imagine that there are other aspects to these relations it's not just contingent on one individual that being said i wouldn't be surprised if there was some independent agency operated by conflict is by these who no doubt is going to be incredibly angry at the steps taken by the united states right you have to leave it there simon even from lancaster university in england thank you very much for that analysis. if you don't miss you're watching the news coming to you live from here's a recap of the top stories that we're following feel iran claims it's killed more than 80 americans optimistic on attacks on u.s. military targets in iraq the attack was in retaliation for the assassination of iran's top general but john has not offered evidence of american casualties u.s. president trump treated earlier that all is well as damage was being assessed. and more than 170 people are dead after a you're creating an airliner crashed at fort iranian state t.v. says 4th passengers and crew aboard the plane were killed when it went on shortly after take

military operation that killed major general qassem soleimani, the command of the islamic revolutionary guard corps, quds force. in the days since, i've become increasingly alarmed about the strike, a a striker was carried out with insufficient transparency, without consultation of congress and without a clear plan for what comes next. president trump had

he had hero status among his men, both in terms of iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps and the proxythat he helped create across the region, and he had a celebrity status in iran, whether or not they liked or loathed qasem soleimani. this is a moment which will bring iran together and for iran, the first act of retaliation will be to organise a massive public funeral to send a strong message that this, for iran, is an act with massive consequences. how iran, is an act with massive consequences. how difficult will it be for iran to mobilise its foreign policy, given that its foreign policy, given that its foreign policy strategist is now dead? iran has many ways and means to attack. qasem soleimani certainly had a commanding role. he was the man who was always in the field. there were these myths that grow around him. people would whisper and there would be rumours. is he in the front lines in iraq? where has he been spotted? at times he seemed to taunt the united states by taking selfies with his forces in iraq or syria or lebanon. he would hurl twitter barbs personally at present in

the revolutionary guard corps force for example i imagine that there are other aspects to these relations it's not just constant it's on one individual that being said i wouldn't be surprised if there was some independent agency operated by conflict is by these who no doubt is going to be incredibly angry at the steps taken by the united states dr you have to leave it there simon even from lancaster university in england thank you very much for that analysis now to some other news staying with iran and earthquake has rattled iran's only nuclear power plant the $4.00 magnitude tremor struck an event stay close to the city of but ask on it could be feste some 55 k'naan it has away at the bush nuclear site. russian president vladimir putin has met his turkish counterpart. to inaugurate a new natural gas pipeline the pipeline opens up a new export path for russian gas into turkey and europe the 2 leaders are also expected to discuss tensions in the middle east. a large nationwide strike is taking place in india unions and opposition parties are protesting over prime minister narendra modi's l

major general custom solomon a was a senior commander of iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps and the hit it's a late could force he graduated to the role 20 years ago was regarded as the mastermind of iran's military strategy in the region he really spoke in public but gave this interview in october saying iran's i.o.c. had expanded islamic resistance to half a 1000000 square kilometers connecting iran through iraq and syria to lebanon on. the codes for us runs a runs foreign military inclined to stein operations the us attributed it to campaigns in iraq lebanon and syria germany kenya bahrain and turkey so money delegated iranian diplomats to meet with u.s. officials after the september 11th attacks and they briefly worked together against the taliban but the relationship soon to terry shoot during the iraq war the us sit around through the could schools and shia militias killed more than $600.00 american service members 17 percent of all u.s. deaths in the war the u.s. and iran's priorities aligned once more in the fight against eisel but didn't devolve past the battlefield in

does ignatius' the islamic revolutionary guard corps as a terrorist organization with this designation we are sending a clear signal a clear message to iran's leaders. including some sort of money in his band of thugs that the united states is bringing all pressure to bear to stop the regime's outlaw behavior we ask that our allies and partners around the world do the same but salomone had the full support of iran's government we received iran's highest military award last year as tensions between the us and iran solomonic continue to support shia militias including the hezbollah brigades who were targeted in 5 u.s. is strikes last week after they fired rockets at a us space he survived many attacks on his life inside iran and abroad but it would be in iraq where shia militias trained by his could force killed hundreds of americans that the u.s. indeed has writing age 62 charlotte ballasts al-jazeera. it is the 12 g.m.t. and 3 pm in baghdad i met clark across the middle east on this friday it is a tense morning after the u.s. killed iran's top military commander major general tsunami t

these developing aspects to do these twin attacks coming to us out of iraq iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps otherwise known as the odd i.r.g.c. claiming responsibility for that missile attack the 1st one on the al assad air base in iraq u.s. troops are stationed there the pentagon says another base in bill was also targeted of course this is highly significant this is the 1st direct retaliation that people were predicting after the period of mourning had passed for the iranian iranian general concepts of the money 3 days of official mourning. there is a distinct sense that one gets a direct attack on u.s. forces greatly increases the danger of some sort of ongoing ugly asymmetric conflict between the u.s. and iran on iraqi soil or indeed in various locations around the broader middle east let's talk to osama bin he's a correspondent in baghdad and i notice as well osama the revolutionary guard saying basically israel is potentially a target as well because they see israel as a u.s. ally in the killing of sulaimani that was pretty predictable. absolutely peter if you remember on friday night

personnel abroad by killing kasim solo monny the head of the iranian revolutionary guard corps could force that's a u.s. designated foreign terrorist organization. hold donald trump after authorizing that strike tweeted this no words just a simple picture of the american flag. well it wasn't just solomonic who was killed the u.s. forces of also killed the deputy commander of the iranian backed coalition of armed groups in iraq. this from the popular mobilisation forces was killed when the airstrike targeted is vehicle on the road to the baghdad airport. well the u.s. air strikes in iraq have drawn mixed reactions from around the goal from and to give them protesters also in baghdad burn down in the killing of carson city money and i will not be able hundreds will eliminate the corrupt parties which are destroying iraq the only care we are on america and iran should solve the problems outside iraq we don't want them to solve inside iraq because this will not serve we into risk with do not celebrate the killing of soon the money or anyone else because this will not serve us at the end

the iran revolutionary guard corps you're referring to there they're saying there's been casualties but we don't have any confirmation from either from the iraqis or the americans that there been any casualties if there are none is that going to satisfy the desire for revenge from those angry crowds we've seen on the streets in iran. well of course i don't think iran would change its account of the attack and the casualties iran will insist its intelligence experts say that more than 80 people have been killed and the u.s. is launching a course but we should wait to see how the nation's response. by this by by this attack and the strikes or not but of course. they can effect in lispunds to the u.s. as do our defense minister said earlier today it was an attack on a u.s. military base that they said that strong in the station says they have had hands he would amount of money on it it was of course a u.s. territory so it is indeed an iranian an attack on a u.s. base you may u.s. territory so it is important still even to the. journalists raising caught said there in tehran thank you very

iran has an important branch within iran the teams up with the iranian revolutionary guard corps thatasem soleimani was part of. that means qasem soleimani was one of the top collaborators with al qaeda. as for the other individual who was killed, mahanta's, he was also a terrorist going back to the 1983 bombings in kuwait where he targeted the american and french embassies there and is a high-level figure in iranian backed militias in iraq so if you want to have a day where there is peace, we don't have to be in baltimores all the time these two guys had to go. heather: he was an iraqi militia commander who had been spotted outside the us embassy in baghdad earlier this week. in terms of the group itself give us a little more background on the group. the quts. >> they as a unit in the revolutionary guard corps, the most loyal force of uranium regime that keeps them in power. they are known for shooting students to keep the regime in power. the iranian people absolutely detest them and especially qasem soleimani. you have in the middle east they are cheering what happened but in the u

that would be very very difficult because the regime from the islamic revolutionary guards corps to the alcoves force to the higher ups in the with around the ayatollah himself and various different clerics every united because they have benefited from the crony capitalist slash public high for an economic system whereas a number of different protesters those who are taking to the streets have actually suffered from economic sanctions so very very much doubt that in a system so centralized that we still will see significant fallout however if there is a continued protest on the street this will only are pressure to the reaching considering that they cannot be afford they cannot afford to look weak in front of these protests because they also have essentially anti around protests happening in iraq right now and it's proxy an ally in lebanon his will was also under pressure from street level protests let's talk about this the the downing of this plane the iranians or any gods of apologize to the nation they say they've taken full responsibility how unprecedented is the gesture. quite. i'v

for years, the islamic revolutionary guard corps and its ruthless qud's force, under soleimani's leadershiprdered hundreds of american civilians and servicemen. the recent attacks on us targets in iraq, including rocket strikes that killed an american and injured four american servicemen very badly, as well as a violent assault on our embassy in baghdad, were carried out at the direction of soleimani. soleimani made the death of innocent people his sick passion, contributing to terrorist plots as far away as new delhi and london. today, we remember and honour the victims of soleimani's many atrocities and we take comfort in knowing that his reign of terror is over. soleimani has been perpetrating acts of terror to destabilise the middle east for the last 20 years. what the united states did yesterday been done long ago. a lot of lives would've been saved. just recently, soleimani led the brutal repression of protesters in iran, where more than 1000 innocent civilians were tortured and killed by their own government. we took action last night to stop a war. we did not take action to start a

inside iran who were especially fed up by the actions of his sports brigade and the islamic revolutionary guards corps and spending billions of dollars of iranian treasury money on distant lands and militias from baghdad to desk us through southern lebanon to yemen all of those criticisms have now gone away because his assassination is seen as an act of war that was not only uncalled for but that it further struck and. those who. were very insistent on and much more. stringent split system in iran are going to have to leave it there hassan bonna assistant professor at the hamilton legal school at indiana university thank you very much for your analysis. now to some of the other stories making news around the world in tripoli the 1st funerals have been held following saturday's deadly is dr going to libyan military academy the strike killed at least 30 soldiers and wounded dozens more libya's internationally recognized government has blamed the attack on forces loyal to rebel leader. somali islam is the militant group al-shabaab attacked an army base in kenya on sunday morning according to the u.s. mil

just remind our viewers a sense for the iran revolutionary guard corps which is the elite military korean iran. now the u.s. says it will impose even more sanctions on iran how big of a worry is that for iranians. well it's not that much big in my ear because of the sanctions that are already imposed on the contrary there's no more room for other sanctions maybe just some people so individuals will be added to the u.s. list of sanctions so no more pain is going to be imposed on the ring in a nation which is already who is already suffering from the impacts of the sanctions trump wants all signatories to abandon the 2015 nuclear agreement with iran he wants to make a a different deal is a ram open to that to renegotiating a deal or is it now determined to ramp up its nuclear program without restrictions . will iran wants sign the multilateral deal with the united states is a while that there are commitments not make up to their obligations and. has clearly stated that it is not going to renegotiate what it has are wants to sit on the table to sign so it is not possible i believe to sit wit

inside iran who were especially fed up by the actions of its all expert gate and the islamic revolutionary guards corps and spending billions of dollars of iranian treasury money on distant lands and militias and from baghdad to desk us through southern lebanon to yemen all of those criticisms have now gone away because his assassination is seen as an act of war that was not only uncalled for but that it further struck and. those who. were very insistent on and much more. stringent split system in iran were going to have to leave it there hassan bonna assistant professor at the hamilton legal school at indiana university thank you very much for your analysis. go to venezuela now and as the economy day continues its collapse collapse just about the only thing the country has a surplus in is presidents until sunday there were 2 climb and socialist nicolas maduro are an opposition leader. now there are 2 men claiming to be palm in tree president a majority supporter took the oath of office while go i don't know and his supporters were kept outside but later on lawmakers held a virus in a nearby newspaper

the head of the quds force, the foreign part if you like of the islamic revolutionary guard corps ofntially were tasked with going abroad to fulfill iran's policy objectives in the region. very successful frankly, bringing iran to -- at the height of its powers for quite some time in about sort of 2015 or '16 or so. then also, too, being part of the iranian bid to assist iraq and parts of the syrian regime too in pushing back isis in that fight as well. so a man of incredible influence, operating in the shadows but also possibly gaining celebrity from that bid to be secretive. he intermittently popped up on social media. fans posting pictures of him on the front line over time, becky. >> just how significant was his influence where you are in lebanon? >> reporter: well, as i say, he was the man tasked with foreign policy, and so was often the intermediary who would explain to lebanese hezbollah if there were specific things that iran would like them to do. he would often be the man who was tasked with that message. in fact, there have been u.s. officials saying in the recent days bef

they say, make no mistake, the revolutionary guard corps is not going to miss a beat. they say that organization is going to keep running the way it has before. here in tehran alone, they set up about 1,500 billboards and signs with qasem soleimani on it so you can see that public mourninging are going on. then you have military commanders and politicians definitely vowing revenge. the interesting thing they say is it's going to be tough and on iran's term and in iran's time. the deputy of the revolutionary guard corps said they're sitting in a glass house and a spokesman said iran is in no rush to retaliate, but they certainly are going to do. so talking to our own erin burnett, iran's ambassador to the united nations came out and said revenge is certainly going to happen. listen to what he had to say. >> we cannot close our eyes to what happened last night. definitely there will be revenge. last night they started a military war by assassinate iin and bringing on an act of terror to one of our generals. we cannot remain silent. we have to react and will react. >> rep

he's been in the islamic revolutionary guard corps since his 20. a monumental figure, not to over use that word, in iran. when you take out a guy like that, what kind of impact is that going to have on iran's malicious intents around the world? >> there's no question that he was the most feared and respected leader in the area. so take him out is going to lead to an impact. we should not anticipate this will cripple the iran government. this is a government, not a small stateless terrorist institution. already soleimani's longtime deputy has been elevated to fill his shoes. you hear the talk from pompeo, the claims that this was somehow going to preempt eminent iranian attacks. but iran has the ability to carry on and carry out those attacks. he's not somebody who would have been a suicide bomber. he was somebody giving orders. there are other people that can give orders. the infrastructure he commanded will remain in tact. something that you hear from some of the administration cheer leads, i just don't see much facturetual support for that expect

the capabilities of the revolutionary guard corps to strike any place in the middle east they say is exactly the same as it was before. iranians vowing revenge. today, poppy, at the protest taking place, that procession, mourning procession of qasem soleimani and the body of others through tehran, you can really feel serious anger towards the united states on the ground there. it was a vibe that was different than i've seen in the country with people carrying placards saying two words, harsh revenge, poppy. >> fred, you set down with military adviser to the supreme leader. you listen to secretary of state pompeo. they describe an iran that is cowed by these attacks. i wonder as you sit across from the military leader, was that the sense you got? >> no, absolutely not. the iranians are essentially saying that they are going to strike back. i was able to speak to the main adviser, military adviser of iran's supreme leader. he was telling me kwiatkowski frankly he said, look, there's going to be retaliation in military form against military sites. they don't want a full-on war with the

he said, he blamed iran and the islamic revolutionary guard corps for these attacks on u.s. military facilities, for the demonstrations at the embassy, and he said that the u.s. would not wait, that they would take preemptive action if they detected a threat saying the game had changed. now, he didn't reference the soleimani strike specifically but it's clear now this strike very much fits in with that new strategy by the u.s. >> let's go now to kaitlan traveling with the president, she's in florida. pentagon statement says this was specifically at the direction of the president. the president tweeted just an american flag moments ago. what are you hearing from the white house? >> yeah, so far, that's the only thing we've heard from president trump. he's been silent on this ever since and we just heard from the white house official who said that we should not expect any statement from them tonight, instead, they're simply referring us to this statement from the pentagon instead. now, as far as what the president is doing, we know that he's at his club there behind me at mar-

the quds force is a shadowy branch, again, of iran's revolutionary guard corps that is tasked with theirin unconventional warfare. qassim soleimani was often reported to have been seen both inside iraq and inside syria. he is an individual who's name quite often would strike fear in the hearts of those who were potentially the target of his and his group's operation. he has been instrumental when it comes to implementing iran's foreign policy vis-a-vis the various proxies that it has, not just here in iraq but also in syria and lebanon and yemen and elsewhere. he really is such a key figure when it comes to the revolutionary guard corps, when it comes to the fact that he is the commander of this force. this strike is fairly brazen, fairly audacious to a certain degree, to be taking out someone of such significance at a time when there is such tension in the region. add to that the fact that reportedly also the commander of kataeb hezbollah was also killed in this very same strike, those two vehicles hit just on the outskirts as they were leaving baghdad international airport it would see