selami was plotting. eminent and sinister attacks on american diplomats and military personnel we took action last like just stop a war. we did not take action to start a war. to iran has appointed general ismail ghani to replace alemany kill now be responsible for iran's foreign military operations the well will iran take revenge and in what form earlier i spoke with the w.'s iran expect to face a topper. well we might have already gotten an impression of how this revenge could look like with the missiles and back because of course targeting americans in the region soldiers and civilians is an option for revenge here and whether that is by iran itself or its allies in the region one group in iraq is now already warned the iraqi soldiers to stay away from u.s. bases from tomorrow on so we could see more of that of course another possibility is attacking u.s. allies in the region so i think it's not a coincidence that saudi arabia for example is calling for restraint right now and another option always on

troops including the planting of roadside bombs that maim and dismember their victims selami directed the recent attacks on u.s. personnel in iraq that badly wounded 4 service members and killed one american and he orchestrated the violent assault on the u.s. embassy in baghdad in recent days he was planning new attacks on american targets but we stopped him solomon he's hands were drenched in both american and iranian blood he should have been terminated long ago. by removing solemn 80 we have sent a powerful message to terrorists if you value your own life you will not threaten the lives of our people as we continue to evaluate options in response to a rein in aggression the united states will immediately impose additional punishing economic sanctions on the iranian regime these powerful saying sions will remain until or and changes its behavior in recent months alone iran is see ships in international waters fired an unprovoked strike on saudi arabia and shot down 2 u.s. drones iran's hostilities substantially increased after the foolish iran nuclear deal was signed in 2013 and the

americans in the region president donald trump said he was not seeking a major conflict with iran selami has 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 we took action less like just stop a war we did not. take action just start a war. the reaction from tehran was swift and resolute supreme leader ayatollah ali how many issued a statement promising quote strong revenge and ordered 3 days of national mourning he also named a successor to solo money the general's former deputy as mail ghani the conflict was already escalating before the latest is strong on thursday 750 american soldiers arrived in kuwait now washington is directing u.s. citizens in iraq to leave the country immediately. where we're joined now from washington by zoli assistant professor of middle east studies at johns hopkins school of advanced international studies welcome to day w. you've written a book based on many years of research on iran's revolutionary guards and based on that use argued in the new york time

drone strikes in baghdad killed the country's top general qassim soul among selami he has 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 one gets the impression that the agent that came up to trump didn't exactly brief the president and potential consequences of killing the 2nd most powerful man in iran general seems to name on the command of iran's quds force we took action last night to stop a war we did not. take action to start a war then you probably shouldn't have killed him general sulaimani was considered an icon in iran and iraq a man who helped prevent isis a takeover of iraq and syria who inspired and mobilized tens of thousands of people multiple countries to fight the blight that is isis. you know enough the americans are not aware what a great mistake they've committed they will face the consequences of discriminant not only today but also in coming years there is no doubt the us is now more hated among iranians in iraqis is an act of aggression by the us i mean they shou

hands than did custom so the money there's a compelling case of an imminent threat imminent threat selami was plotting. imminent insidious or attacks on american diplomats and military personnel ever since the killing many both in the united states and around the world have questioned whether it was the right thing to do many saw it as a hugely unnecessary escalation with the islamic republic of iran a completely unjustified killing of a top general of a foreign country trump administration systems that and lives were in danger and large scale attacks planned for other embassies and if those were planned why can't we reveal that to the american people would not help your case i can reveal that i believe it would have been for embassies however even trump's own secretary of defense mark esper doesn't exactly buy that but the president did say when there was a tangible he didn't cite a specific piece of evidence what he says he probably he believes are you saying that event one i didn't see one with regard to 4 embassies pretty dramatic statement from the american leader essentially saying

commitments entered into will be translated into reality as work be accompanied and supported by some selami so there is a un led process at the beginning of february but already take up your wagon also states that have not been represented here today will be invited to this fall committee and this follow up process there are some good news from poland paul martin who said security military political and economic issues and humanitarian issues those will be that in some of these groups and the kickoff will. be given by us as hosts as coach out here in berlin and then later on all of the international partners present form. this conference will run but it will be then it will actually hold on the task the basis of rotation later on the results and the furthest steps to be taken will also be discussed in suitable bodies not only in the united nations but already tomorrow when we have the foreign ministers council of the european union. we are going to need to aware of the fact that work has only started it's going to be a very arduous about process will be a lot of wild and i think it was all

selami has been perpetrating acts of terror to destabilize the middle east for the last 20 years one gets the impression that the agent that came up to trump didn't exactly brief the president and potential consequences of killing the 2nd most powerful man in iran general seems silly money command of iran's quds force we took action last night just stop a war we did not. take action to start a war that you probably shouldn't have killed him general sunni money was considered an icon in iran in iraq a man who helped prevent isis take over of iraq in syria who inspired and move allies tens of thousands of people multiple countries to fight the blight that is isis while qaida you know nuffin americans are not aware there was reason to commit. the consequences of this criminal act not only today but also in the coming years there is no doubt that the united states has no more hate in among the rangers and iraqis hundreds of thousands have joined a funeral processions and protests condemning his murder rage is in the air iran has promised revenge american civilians are being evacuated fro

secretary general and mr selami have proposed namely the 5 plus 5 military committee now invitation will be extended to all of those who will sit on this committee and this needs to be the basis so that we can translate a truth into a consolidated seize fire there will it be invitations issued already next week this week that is and we hope that this step will then be taken by all concerned we received commitments by all of the participants that until this meeting of the 5 1st 5 committee the participants of the conference of today. commit themselves to not give any further support to these parties to the conflict in the sense that they don't give any sort of military support to them that they also will not give them weapons so that the arms above is respected and that the truce holds i think we created a spirit today. that will enable us to pursue that track this path forward that mr solomon had as a line that we have now a very binding process and later on there will certainly be other comments on this so very closely followed all of those who have met today. will pursue this process a

selami so many made the death of innocent people his sick passion contributing to terrorist plots as far away as new delhi in london when iran's supreme leader the ayatollah ali khamenei has harsh revenge over the killing of silliman he iran's foreign minister has warned appropriate retaliation is imminent . other news now we're following one of the biggest evacuations in the history of australia is now on the way and it warnings that strong winds and hot weather will worsen the raging fires tens of thousands of people are at risk for news on the web site al-jazeera dot com those are your top stories up next it's inside story. of. iran's top army commandos killed in a u.s. airstrike in iraq tehran is warning of a posh revenge. trigger a military confrontation and how would that affect the rest of the middle east this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program on darren jordan iran is vowing revenge on the u.s. for killing its top military commander in mani died when an american asteroid hit his convoy near the airport in baghdad the assassination ordered by president trump mar

envoy to libya is accusing un security council members of violating an arms embargo son selami says there are concerns about foreign fighters being flown into libya turkey's parliament is due to vote on thursday on whether to deploy troops it follows a request for military support by the un backed government in tripoli it's coming under attack by forces loyal to the warlord after he's been trying to seize the capital since april turkey's vice president says turkish forces may not be deployed if after stops his offensive human body is a non resident scholar at the middle east institute he says foreign interference in libya is nothing new. you have right now the primary players however or turkey and russia i would say on the ground and in the air it's predominantly the u.a.e. actually the iraqis with a logistical support from the egyptians are have been interrupted lead by the capital libya's capital tripoli since april there are well sourced reports are actually show the syrian forces have already been deployed to libya on behalf of the government of national accord however it is unclear h

as well as a violent assault on our embassy in baghdad were carried out at the direction of selami so many made the death of innocent people his sick passion contributing to tears plots as far away as new delhi in london today we remember and honor the victims of solemn a nice many atrocities and we take comfort in knowing that his reign of terror is over solemn a he has 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 a lot of lives would have been saved just recently solemn 80 led the brutal repression of protesters in iran where more than a 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 war. earlier iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei warned of quote severe revenge for in his words the criminals responsible for so the money's killing iranians protested after friday prayers chanting death to america iraq's prime minister says the assassination will quote lights the fuse of