History is underway with hot weather a and strong winds expected to worsen an already devastating situation the war funds. Well its 15 gnc on a tense day across the middle east iran has voted to retaliate strongly after the u. S. Killed the commander who spearheaded surrounds military operations across the region Major General qassam solomonic you know the air strike targeting so money occurred on a road at Baghdad Airport just a day after poor on protesters ended a siege or the u. S. Embassy in iraq the pentagon says President Donald Trump ordered the attack to protect u. S. Personnel abroad well the u. S. Embassy in baghdad has now urged all americans to leave iraq immediately irans Supreme Leader has called for 3 days. National mourning ayatollah ali how many warned of harsher vengeance said the attack would double sounds result to resist the United States and iraqs Prime Minister says the strike will spark a devastating war and called lebanons lebanon rather has called for the country on the wider region to be spared any repercussions what will speak to our correspondents in the middle east as well as the us but 1st this report from the same bus ravi and on i go hard to break in the upper ranks of the Iranian Military at the official announcement of the death of Major General customs to the money the commander of irans could force the revolutionary guard unit responsible for foreign operations so the money was killed in a u. S. Drone strike in but dug. And anger at friday prayers in the iranian capital for the assassination of a man who led the charge against eisel in iraq and syria and whose death seems likely to lead to more conflict. Back to shake a man god willing it is now time to clear and cleanse the region of these devils it is now time to show the resistance to the americans and show our resistance with action to tell those yankees to get out of here get lost. In the early hours of friday morning shortly after arriving in Baghdad International airport u. S. Missiles killed so the money and his close ally of the old 100 s. Other members of the group were also killed in the attack a drone strike hit their convoy as they left the airport. For irans Supreme Leader ayatollah ali come in a slow money was a trusted confidant a member of his inner circle his killing in a targeted attack the most extreme escalation in tensions between tehran and washington in recent years how many warned there will be revenge. The cruelest people on earth assassinated the honorable commander who courageously fought for years against the evils and bandis of the world sulaimani is martyrdom will make iran more decisive to resist americas expansionism and to defend our islam values with no doubt iran and other freedom seeking countries in the region will take his revenge into her own Senior Leaders met in an emergency meeting of Irans National Security council many iranians see the u. S. Attack as an act of war across the region there will be implications anywhere where there is an American Military presence. American should should leave those countries immediately but if i was in the emirates i would leave now if i was an american in iraq i would leave now if i was an american any part in southwest asia i would leave immediately. The United Nations high commissioner for human rights described the killings as a likely violation of International Law the idea that iran is not going to respond is Wishful Thinking that will make the debacle of of invading iraq look like a walk in the park i do not think that President Trump really understands why hes gotten the United States into going up against iran i would argue that going to war with iran will be the most significant adversary that the United States has encountered since world war 2 u. S. Secretary of state michael impale tweeted a video showing iraqis celebrating the attack feared by his enemies inside iran so the money has for years been one of the most Popular National figures in the country the International Face of Iranian Resistance to american pressure he remained largely untouched by the waning popularity in recent years of the countrys government over economic issues. While there is talk of revenge many iranians dont want to see a war but. Im going to tell you mr trump unfortunately acted decisively saying that we wont go for war but push the issue toward the leaders must exercise restraint so that the tension in the region wouldnt increase further because this can have very serious consequences for the countries in the region their own. It will definitely increase violence but i fundamentally disagree with violence and conflict i believe people moving toward peace in negotiation to stick goals is much better. Only to call. The. Iranians looked on as someone who could protect them cut down at the height of his popularity by a u. S. Strike his death marks the lowest point in iran u. S. Relations in decades. Well we have correspondents covering this story from across the region and from the u. S. Store so the jabari is standing by in seron but 1st lets head to baghdads and some been. Some again just give us a sense of the Iraqi Governments reaction so money was it divisive figure in iraq what are the answer government protesters saying about this. Well hala as you said he was a divisive figure in iraq which is again inherently divided along sectarian and religious lines as well as tribal fronts so money was somebody whose death was celebrated into areas square in the early hours of the morning crowds who had been gathered there for months now and have forced Iraqi Government into becoming a. Government in waiting rather which is a government which has to be replaced by a proper government it is a government which it does not even have the power to approve the budget so it is being celebrated here in baghdad as well as being mourned to be heard. His death uniting the political spectrum in condemnation all political figures saying that calling this attack a flagrant violation of iraqi sovereignty saying that they will be to tally and telling their followers telling the various militias that they control telling fighters to stay put to exercise restraint and not take any matters into their own hands it is happening just 48 hours after those dramatic scenes out side of the u. S. Embassy in baghdad where members of the Popular Mobilization forces entered the exterior wall of the compound and laid siege to it so the money was a divisive figure here depending on which side you stand with which political view do you adhere to of many of the protesters accuse iran and their indirectly silly money for carrying out the killings in baghdad which resulted in the death of neary 500. 00 protesters as they demanded more Political Freedom more an end to corruption and more accountability for the political elite but it is the goal it goes beyond the region beyond iraq as well into the wider region silliman he was somebody who divided not just opinions in iraq but also in neighboring syria as well. He was instrumental in putting together the grass roots Roots Movement off various militia fighters turning them into a potent force which did or not only defeated eisel but what also stood against the the sunni villages the sunni fighting factions as well and has been credited for resurrecting the government of president Bashar Al Assad so yes a divisive figure but certainly if death has united iraqis in saying that this is an act which is against iraqi sovereignty in the United States does not have the right to do so in their country ok a summer binge of aids thank you very much indeed some of the brain has the update from iraq lets head to iran and speak with aljazeera as dorsett jabari also give us a sense of the reaction in iran right now just a popular walsall the money. Well he was one of the most popular among figures in the Islamic Republic despite peoples backgrounds or political leanings or whether or not they came from a religious upbringing or a certain societal class it did not matter the name us initially money was synonymous with a figure that was very nationalistic who was responsible for the security and stability of iran and many here believe that he was the reason why i still did not set foot inside iran he was tasked with securing irans borders with the police force of the revolutionary guards there are many many stories that circulate about the type of man he was he was very quiet and reserved he did not like a lot of attention he did not give any interviews during his entire career in their evolution regards the only interview he gave us in october of last year to talk about on the anniversary of the hezbollah war with israel and there are stories about him during the war time in between iran and iraq in the 1980 s. There are is a very famous story about how he was shot in the abdomen while he was fighting in the battlefield and he was taken to a hospital and he was operated on and before he was even allowed to leave he just discharged himself and went back into battle there is a lot of stories around that his bravery his commitment to the Islamic Revolution his cause and also we know that he was a very close friend and confidant of the Supreme LeaderAyatollah Ali Khamenei just last year the Supreme Leader awarded him with the highest military ranking in the Islamic Republic for his service and dedication to the country so this death is being a very emotionally felt in iran many people we spoke to today say that they are still in shock people have been crying upon hearing the news this is all have to has to do with this cult status thats come about. Around the named awesome cell in miami because he was so private and close if he was always there were stories circulating about his time in syria on the battlefields in iraq his bravery in his fighting against i saw this was the image that was portrayed in iran and this was the image that iranians are familiar with when the name us until the money is uttered and so this attack the way he was killed outside of the battlefield without a uniform on is something iranians are now considering and at the ultimate insult at all levels of government have said that there will be revenge even dos until the money may be dead but the silly money in all arenas will live on that is according to the friday Prayer Service leader that the ideologies that he represents will live on in the iran in iranian nation really. Looking ahead. Do we know who is taking over from Major General custom so what more can you tell us about the. Yes the Deputy Commander of the courts force has been appointed by the Supreme Leader to take over this Brigadier General has been in that position since 1970 we dont know much about him but we do know that he was very close to us in chile money they travel together very often around the middle east but other than that there is very little known about him this is the general feeling of the revolutionary guard commanders as a whole as a policy theyre very very reclusive theyre not very open about the high ranking figures that are active within the ranks of the revolutionary guard especially the courts force who are tasked with Clandestine Operations outside the country so we are waiting to find out what iran will do in response but for the time being there has been an appointment the Deputy Commander has moved up to replace awesome so the money and the Supreme Leader in his order said that the policies the methods and the ideologies of us until the money and the force force will not change whatsoever they will continue on the same path as before and this will just move forward but that his death will certainly be avenged ok dosage of barbering is up to date from tehran thank you very much indeed most of them on his assassination has worsened the crisis between iran and the United States has raised concerns about the retaliation from iran as lengthly to follow President Donald Trump tweeted about the just over 2 hours ago the us president has been tweeting again he said general custom solar money has killed or badly wounds its size of americans over an extended period of time and was plotting to kill many more colds he was directly and indirectly responsible for the death of millions of people including the recent large number of protesters killed in iran itself. Now speaking to u. S. Media secretary of state might pay you said the strike was justified and legal under u. S. Law he said it prevented solem money from launching an imminent attack and says the killing saved us lives and that the risk of doing nothing was enormous and do our best to release everything that we know thats appropriate that we can that doesnt put anyone at risk what will do our best we want the world to understand that there was in fact an imminent attack taking place the American People should know that this was an intelligent telegin space and the traverse that weve got correspondents across the u. S. Covering the reaction there to this attack how the job castro is standing by for us on capitol hill 1st though lets go to the gallacher who is in palm beach florida thats near president trance mara lago resorts and he just talk us through some of that initial reaction from president on trial. Well we havent heard any public statements nor are we are expecting any were told he wont speak publicly for at least the next 3 to 4 hours you read his latest tweets which ended somebody should have taken him out years ago thats all weve heard from President Donald Trump at the moment but this afternoon in miami he will address a group of evangelicals they are hard core Trump Supporters that was a pretty shy jools event that he hasnt changed so perhaps well have to wait until he gets to that event to hear him publicly talking about this latest military operation this drone strike but one of the interesting reports were hearing here is that senator Lindsey Graham is a very close confidant of the president was actually playing golf with then over the last few days was seen very closely talking to the president so were not sure what Lindsey Grahams role in all this is whether he was advising the president to go ahead with this operation or not clearly theres going to be some political fallout it because youve got people like Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying that the correct procedure wasnt carried out that the house wasnt informed but as i said were not going to directly here from president shop here at mar a lago but we will expect to hear from him perhaps talking about this operation when he does go to miami later on today to address those evangelicals evangelicals of course are part of his core base although hes had some trouble with them recently with editorials from various evangelical newspapers criticizing his moral conduct but on the whole this will be seen as very much an echo chamber for the president evangelicals will back the president for the most part i think so those are the 1st words i think we are expecting to hear about what happened in baghdad over the last few hours and that will be watched very closely indeed i think alec are there live for us in palm beach thank you very much indeed lets cross to heidi to accounts true and i live on capitol hill today we heard that the president had been playing. A few rounds of golf with Lindsey Graham still waiting to hear what. Will turn up but i was congress been reacting to this news this significance and consequential action that has been taken in iraq. Well certainly there is tension here in the halls of congress theres an acknowledgment that the next few hours and days will be critical as the u. S. Sees how iran responds to the military strike but as far as the Congress People themselves well there is again the Stark Division that weve seen time and time it can come out in stark relief here with democrats concerned about the legality and the fallout from this military strike and republicans applauding congratulating the president for his efforts we saw us house Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying that congress was not consulted prior to trump taking this military action in iraq she also issued a statement yesterday warning against disproportionate and provocative actions weve had other democrats say that without having consulted congress that this military strike may have been illegal and then you have the republicans who have been lining up one after the other to offer that congratulations to President Trump as andy said he was seen at his florida resort with some of his Top Republican allies which include senator Lindsey Graham as well as the House Minority leader Kevin Mccarthy both of them having also said publicly that said they supported the president s actions now the one notable republican voice of bus far who has offered any sort of criticism has been rand paul who like his father before him is known as a non intervention list with military affairs and he has said that congress in only congress has the authority to declare war and he has cautioned against acts of war without that kon Congressional Authority now no one on either side of the aisle horse has said that the reason that trump took these decisive actions now is political cover. There is still this theres their stock knowledge woman that had it not been for these military strikes launched by the president that instead the headline here on capitol hill would be an impeachment that trumped. Upcoming senate trial its part of his impeachment would have been the top of the newscast today in the United States the fact that instead were talking about the u. S. Military strike against the iranian commander of course takes the air out of that impeachment story and refocuses on the u. S. Foreign policy in iran ok heidi job transfer there live for us on capitol hill thank you very much. Well stay with this. Senior political analyst he joins me now live on set we were hearing that furious reaction across the middle east and quite a bit of division as well in terms of the reaction in the states just pull us all together and reminds us why is this a sign summation of a general in iran why is this such a big deal well its certainly been perceived in iran as the clinician of war with a simple as that now. Of course because im so money wasnt just another general who wasnt just another star general he was the head of what in america would probably define as the cia and the special forces come together under the leadership of the president in the case of iran under the leadership of ali how many this was the private army of many that allowed force to advance iranian interests but all too and beyond the conventional military forces of iran so this was a key instrument of the regime. So this was not some americans would like to see it or is the pump able to find it where were killing another terrorist leader or another thought in the middle east almost like. They would say gold but that example of guys because attack on sunni money is an attack on iran this is very different than an attack on the eyes and hence here were going to hear we are confronted with the almighty iran and its regional wall in the middle east and its capacity and its outreach everywhere from iraq to syria to lebanon to yemen to palestine and other places so as this thing takes place and as this goes by think we will see that iran has choices to make and has possibilities to to influence and to i would say harm the United States so talk us through some of those choices what is irans next move because theyve been saying all day we will carry out revenge this is an act of war we will retaliate how are they going to retaliate with their option for the time being i would i would counsel against this apocalyptic vision that a lot of people are talking about like a 3rd world war across regional war i dont think we are there yet its. I think iran is not about to confront the United States in the battlefield. Present trump might of challenge but. May need to a duel but we dont live in the middle ages and in war and i dont think. Many is about to confront the United States on the battlefield knowing all too well that iran will be crushed lets all remember despite all the better cause and all the bombast v the the United States is capable of crushing the defeating of destroying of and he leading iran within minutes so military confrontation is out of the question and opium into confrontation and hence there are the other options what are they i would like to call them more of the same except much more meaning since the United States walked away or walked out of the nuclear deal and imposed sanctions there on your leaders did not said i believe i what they did is they carrying all sorts of operations against the United States and its assets so that in volves what involved covert operations involves assassinations and it involves low intensity warfare and perhaps disruption of trade and certainly destabilizing the notion of the peace and security in the middle east by attacking various installations for the us and its allies in the region weve seen that happening for just several months ago we saw the attack on iran co one of the most important refineries in the world weve seen attack on the us embassy weve seen attacks on u. S. Assets weve seen assassination of us allies and so on so forth so i think iran is probably ready for more of those sort of actions rather than confronting the United States on the battlefield ok well well have to wait and see like many others what that reaction will be for neither martin thank you very much indeed lets say get more from the United States now and fisher is the pence again allan one of the pentagon been saying. Well there are no plans for any briefings a toll on friday you can see the podium behind me its empty and its going to be empty for the next few hours thats quite surprising given that mark air spur was involved in the decision to launch this attack secretary of state might promptly or says the americans are no safer because of the actions that the president has taken there is a contradiction in that though because of course we are hearing that the United States is are ging americans in iraq to leave the country as quickly as possible clearly fearing there is going to be some sort of retaliation its not clear whether congressional leaders were advised of the attack before it actually happened normally they consult whats known as the gang of 8 which are the 4 senior figures on both sides of the party who are also involved in intelligence and military committees in the senate and in the house and certainly Mitch Mcconnells spokesman refused to see whether or not he was informed we do know that Kevin Mccarthy who is the leader of the republicans in the house was informed how do we know that because he tweeted out saying that he was down at mar a lago is a brave decision by President Trump to take this decision Lindsey Graham close ally of donald trump you know has been critical of him the past he was also in florida he was told he says that he was warned in advance of the operation that will concern some people in congress as well because really these should be telling the speaker of the house the leader of the senate the leader of the democrats in the senate as well and those questions too about whether or not this was a lawful action while they believe that the general was someone who pushed the threat to the United States in the long term there is the question whether or not you need unauthorized use of military force him if you. Go to take this sort of attack against iran to do that you have to have congressional approval and so all these questions will be circulating around the pentagon particularly in the general counsels office to provide the legal judge. To the cation of what the president did the president self as youve heard has been tweeting out about this but as i say surprisingly there is no plans for a briefing here at the pentagon and you have to remember that when the United States takes military action it does so in the name of its people so you would have thought that it very least mark asper who is the secretary of defense would become self available to answer questions to inform the American Public one of the Big Questions thats going to be asked by congressional leaders as well is that when might pompey or and marcus say look there was an immediate threat to americans that is why we took this action they will want to know where that threat was it may not be publicized that are very good reasons for that mir being gathered through intelligence it may have been gathered through covert action but senior republican and democratic figures will want to know what was this evidence that led us to take this action in iraq that is peut what so many people say has escalated the situation in the middle east quite dramatically ok alan fischer joining us life on the pants again thank you very much. Lebanons Foreign Ministry has condemned the killing and asked for the country to be spared from any repercussions and this comes after hasbros these are issued a statement following to pursue the punishment of those who are behind so the money is killing us from this rather said its the responsibility of all fighters from around the world mohammad jump join us in beirut ceases the killing of so money is dangerous for lebanon as it struggles to form a new governments after weeks of protests. Right now you have a situation where there is a Prime Minister designate he is a sunni and his name is his son. He is backed by hezbollah the problem with this configuration is that the political divide here in lebanon is completely fraught it always is its very divided so you have this one person who is backed by hezbollah many of the other sunni politicians in this country because of that do not want to support mr so it already has become difficult for him to come up with a list of names that would be acceptable as cabinet members it has been difficult for him to form a government even though there are some of the demonstrators here that would like to at least give him the chance to do so this just complicates it further because many of the parties that oppose hezbollah in lebanon for many months now have wanted them to distance themselves from iran thats not something has balik could have done before its certainly not something that hizbullah an ally of iran and a group that is backed by iran its certainly not something that they can do now israeli Prime MinisterBinyamin Netanyahu has cut short his trip to greece this is what he had to say from athens a short time ago. Just as israel has the right of selfdefense. This is exactly the same right cousin to money is responsible for the deaths of american citizens and many other innocent people he was planning more so it took the president wrote deserves all the credit for acting swiftly forcefully decisively israel stands with the United States in its just struggle for Peace Security and so. Well iran khan is in west jerusalem he says israeli officials are concerned that there will be retaliation and probably mr Benjamin Netanyahu is quite a divisive figure within this country and the reactions we statement you just heard that has been equally divisive along party lines his party is supporting him saying that we need to stand with the United States and that cost him so the money was an enemy of israel but were also hearing from other opposition leaders saying that this is just grandstanding the people are celebrating and the israelis actually threats and the death of his race will be on netanyahu is hands down what are they referring to what theyre referring to the borders with syria and lebanon lets just start with 11 of the israelis of move troops to both of those borders what they really worried about is hezbollah in lebanon and any potential reaction that might come from that Israeli Air Force already been flying a lot of overhead in southern lebanon and theyre flying Reconnaissance Missions monitoring anything as well they might be planning you also have syrian iranian backed syrian militias within the occupied Golan Heights with that as well so thats a real concern for them as well any reaction the might be played out may well be played out by these proxies to iran and thats whats really concerning israeli officials. Now cousin so the money played a pivotal role in coordinating irans military operations across the middle east a time says aims coincided with those of the u. S. Search as defeating i saw in iraq and syria so iran has arms and trains iraqi shia militia groups collectively known as the Popular Mobilization forces their supporters were behind the recent seen the us embassy in baghdad in syria Iranian Forces of bags president bashar assad helping him hold on to power so iran has also been accused of providing Ballistic Missiles so who see rebels in the yemen the conflict science proves expensive and damaging to saudi arabia irans made rival in the region and irans the main military and political supporter of hezbollah or lebanons most powerful group lets get more now on this from someone needs or hes the director of the advance institute for Strategic Affairs and joins us live from beirut hits or have you with us on the soldiers here in use our mr needs or less from your point of view how is this attack likely to impact the immediate region of lebanon and israel. I think the level. Of risk were tending to to lebanon is now very high because lebanon could could possibly be that of retaliation used by iran in order to reply to this threat keyed to blow with the accused and its not the 1st time has been used or as for retaliation it has been used in the eightys when you as bessie was subject to a bomb being done and it was used again it basis of u s marine were thought to get it and lebanon was in the middle of this conflict between iran and namely because of the presence of hezbollah and that this blow is is that if you could blow to iran as i said because at the end of the day mr suleiman in general what i money was the head of what we call the iranian crescent or this bridge iran was building and linking guitar on to their military in un passing through iraq syria and lebanon so this from this perspective generous riot money was championing iran expansion in the region and the at one point hezbollah may target as it did Asian American interest or he may get dragged into this seen. As a lawyer namely israel. This as well can be a target of retaliation its not sure however that the condition for a successful victim here are insured bets keep in mind that the ban on is a deep economic crisis it cannot sustain another war. 2006 plus the situation today between the shia and the sunni in the region are a very very dangerous ship are very tense so the condition for retaliation today are different from the previous cases where lebanon has been used as a target for operation and directed to america or to israel and in turn and in turn in terms of this strike against general so the money how is this going to impact hezbollah as an organization because i mean are they stretched quite thin if theyre having to fight in syria theyre having to its a fight over the place really has this strike in a sense weaken the impact weaken that strategic crescents that you were that you were talking about its. Definitely is a big blow away because you are not talking about a key element in this organization were talking about the had of this organization about the brain of this operation its not in that case its not the attack the blow its a strategic blow and it has a direct impact in my view inside iran as well giving the us that this war this is the delicate. Between the different forces inside iran and giving that the war of succession was has taken place inside iran and mr so the money was one of those and this president ial race but the one it comes to the presence of. Pollution regard. In syria and lebanon on mr sort i money was the commander in chief and this is to be considered as a major blow to the your opinion footprint in that region ok mates are great to get your thoughts thank you so much for your analysis so is here at aljazeera. Here with us here on our just here a quick reminder of the major developments following the u. S. Assassination of rain in commander so the money there on Supreme Leader has warned of harsh revenge after a u. S. Airstrike killed cousin samani at Baghdad AirportAyatollah Ali Khamenei has said the attack would double to irans resolve to resist the United States u. S. President donald trump ours tweeted that cousin so money was responsible for the deaths of millions of people the secretary of state might pay or has told us media the strike was justified and legal. In lebanon has well as they do. Right to punish those were some behind some of these assassination buttons Foreign Ministry has also condemned the killing and asked for the country to be spared from any repercussions. Of the attack in baghdad as a dramatic escalation of the crisis between the u. S. And iran less a quick look at the timeline of events last friday a rocket attack struck an Iraqi Military base killing an American Contractor the u. S. Blames the poor raney and group the husband brigades 2 days later the u. S. Launched air strikes against the groups military outposts in iraq and syria killing 27 fighters iran backs paramilitary groups in iraq and storms the American Embassy compound in baghdad leading to a 48 era siege now the u. N. Secretary general antonio good terrorists has condemned the u. S. Attack saying the world can also afford another war in the gulf or diplomats cads or james bases at the United Nations headquarters in new york james whats the diplomatic reaction been so far. General has finally put out a statement it took many hours were waiting for this and it finally came out in the last hour as you say he says the world cannot afford another world war and he says that hes deeply concerned with the recent escalation calling now for restraint theres been an Immediate Reaction to that statement one of those that has read it is agnes color march she is an independent expert for the u. N. As a special rapporteur on this issue extrajudicial killings shes currently on a plane actually on a long journey but she has wife ive been in touch with her she says theres no more pressing time for the u. N. Its leadership to step up the now but this statement does not bode well and then referring to the secretary general she says you have the legal tools and the platform please use them so criticism there from an independent expert who is appointed by the u. N. Human Rights Council one of the other main bodies of the u. N. And the most important one in this area is the u. N. Security council they are meeting now as i speak a meeting thats not on this subject is on the subject of syria clearly a place where iran has a very Important Role although were getting suggestions from some diplomats that possibly they may have a brief discussion on the murder execution at the end of this meeting i can tell you though we spoke to some of the ambassadors on the way in the french ambassador nicholas do a lot of year said there must be restraint thats the french view and echoing what has already come from the french president s office in the lead and we also heard from john john who is the Chinese Ambassador and he reiterated chinas longstanding policy saying that china is always opposed to the use of force in International Affairs so the messages in general of for a straight nothing much stronger than that in terms of condemnation of what. The u. S. Is done here i think it is noteworthy that only the deputy ambassador was attending from russia this meeting and he said on his way and he had no instructions yet of what to say but i think in the coming days watch what russia is going to say about recent developments ok james bays bring as an update there from the u. N. Thank you very much in deed now trita parsi is a professor at Georgetown University and the executive Vice President of the quincy institutes he joins us now from washington d. C. Good to get your thoughts here on aljazeera lets explore the it renie an american angle to see this however a rainy and americans likely to react to this is well the overwhelming majority of iranian americans are terrified that this will lead to a military confrontation between the United States navy ron whenever tensions go up between the u. S. And iran the Iranian American Community ends up facing difficulties in the u. S. What the real we the travel ban or other types of measures but also because theyve seen what u. S. Wars in the region have done for the populations there i dont think theres any iranian american the looks at iraq and feels any sense of envy and only seeing that these type of wars tend to destabilize the region and push back any prospects for democracy generations so as a result my sense of where the community is today is that theyre very nervous and theyre hoping that this doesnt escalate further and the u. S. Is long trying to drive a wedge really between a rainy and those supporting a more hardline approach in those who are looking for democracy. Do you think this will work especially with such a significant action taken in iraq with general sort of money do you think this will work or will it unites iranians both within iran and abroad. Well within the country and within the regime itself i think theyre going to be using this to consolidate their power and their unity this is going to help them rally people around the flag we have to keep in mind that despite the tremendous some popularity of the i. R. G. C. In many quarters in iran or some silly money tended to be a rather different figure because he was operating outside of iran and enjoyed an Approval Rating according to u. S. Polls done in iran of around 70 percent because he was seen as someone who had helped defend defeat isis and protect iran from those type of threats so i think the rest of the regime is going to try to use his popularity now to be able to gain some support for themselves so i suspect that any prospects of this actually leading to further internal divisions in iran are going to be disappointing Decision Makers in washington the opposite scenario appears to be more likely ok trita parsi thanks very much indeed for bringing us your analysis trita parsi joining us from washington d. C. Now the generals death has caused a surge in oil prices and its a client in most global stalks investors worry about whether iran will retaliates kristen salumi is live for us in new york arison just give us a sense of how this action taken is no impacts in the global markets. Well theres one thing that the markets dont like its uncertainty and theres a lot of uncertainty after the killing of this top Iranian Military leader in iraq the markets are down in the United States the 3 major indices just one day after starting the year at record highs are all down the s. And p. The dow the nasdaq saw their biggest drops at the opening bell in about a month they were down nearly a point theyve retreated a bit not at their all time lows now theyre coming back a little bit still down significantly as you mentioned oil prices are surging. Analysts say theres a glut of oil in the market right now now thats all threatened by possible military action in the middle east so thats an area where investors are seeing possible growth we saw a similar reaction from investors in september interestingly enough after Saudi Oil Fields were attacked the United States blamed iran for those attacks but the markets recovered there in about a week in that case the United States didnt respond militarily in this case we have iran threatening military action in retaliation for the killing of this leader we have the United States warning citizens american citizens that they should leave iraq so theres a bit more uncertainty in the next few days and even the next few weeks theyll be a lot of attention paid on the global uncertainty thats following as a result of these actions markets as i said are spooked across all the other indices but again coming off of this high with the new year and a record setting year. Investors were optimistic just yesterday that the china u. S. Trade deal was making progress getting closer to resolution china and now and some stimulus measures for its economy and worries about a global recession seem to be in the past now this is kind of bringing everything back to the surface again. Seeing investors put money into gold into the japanese yen which are seen as safe havens during times of tom also a sell off here in new york in the markets not a panic but something that investors are going to be watching in the coming days what the reaction is to this attack ok christine salumi joining us our life from new york thank you. I. Lets bring you some other news now in far fighters industry aliya say its very likely more homes will be destroyed by bush fars their focus is no on saving lives where the conditions for saturday are being described as catastrophic and tens of thousands of people are continuing to flee areas under threats listed t. V. Reports from sydney. A straining Prime MinisterScott Morrison seen for himself the latest areas devastated by bushfires in New South Wales the day after he was confronted by angry residents in the town of go this woman refusing to shake his hand the funny thing was that the Prime Minister said he wanted to offer comfort to those affected by fires on using and hes not surprised at their reaction people are angry it is something that i was there before i was with it is something that i understand its not something for me to talk personally its paid Holiday Season but with a state of emergency declared in the states of New South Wales and victoria tens of thousands of people have been leaving tourist areas traffics being backed up the many kilometers on major highways as people try to get home or at least to safer areas. About a quarter of the 4000 people stranded on a beach in the town of malibu in victoria have been taken on board naval vessels to escape the fires have been a process certain are not yet. Well dan for sure and its something that i want to get evacuations will continue as fire conditions on saturday a forecast to be catastrophic making every preparation possible for what will be a very difficult day shamar weather conditions are very unpredictable we know the temperatures will still be in the mid fortys in many parts of our state thousands of firefighters are in the field with additional helicopters on standby where unfortunately very likely we will lose homes tomorrow but will be very happy and will call excess says theres no lives lost that is a single focus tomorrow a focus on saving lives in the face of an unprecedented bushfire season Felicity Davey al jazeera sydney. Well for some its too late to save their property just the washington is in one New South Wales turn or dozens of homes have been destroyed lou a bay is a Small Community here in New South Wales you can imagine the devastating impact that this bushfire season has had on Communities Just like this when you see scenes like this at least 50 houses destroyed in just a few days now some residents went to a nearby beach trying to secure a safety for themselves and their families but others stayed on trying to fight the blazes defending their own properties and their neighbors is weve seen a fire i have in this direction a little bit. Run across of the highest they have gone around the corner and the hate just hit me and as a hard blow in the garage and then i run across the road and then the foibles come across the road off nothing ive ever felt or seen before and then off he bahama camp a child already hires myself down i was actually never been so scared for my loss you can see that the fire has burned through many of the trees here particularly at the roots but not completely and that means that this area is still a high risk because it hasnt been completely burned through many of the residents havent even had the chance to return to their properties and assess the damage but authorities are warning that the worst is still yet to come high temperatures a forecast for coming hours along with strong winds and that is an incredibly dangerous combination for crews on the ground and locals alike. Indian workers have been demonstrating against the governments handling of the economy there are unhappy with rising unemployment spry the size ation and slowing growth and the frustration isnt just coming from the Opposition Union behind these process some are affiliated with the ruling the j. P. So help raman reports from the daily. The roads are busy in indias capital these day laborers sit here from Early Morning that bags of tools at the ready theyre masons carpenters electricians and painters with no formal contracts or low Financial Security many have worked for days they say theres little work in the construction industry. Is from the Northern State of. Union your was there ever since i came to delhi ive been working i didnt have a chance to sit down on the roadside before the contractor would pick me up and take me to the site to work since more the year i work a stock and ive been sitting here. Hes not the only one this gathering of b j p supporters is not happy these daily wage labor is a union that supports them what the government to act according to government figures the last financial quarter of 2019 so inflation rise to nearly 5. 5 percent while food prices went up by 10 percent and manufacturing went down by 3. 8 percent the real estate business has seen a slump to more moderate income order and if youve got a union leader and be j. P. Supporter you know ryan wants the government to rethink its economic direction what that he says will benefit the working class now that the ball is over the government is what i would do is all the. Nationalists are making. Is something strange is not going not going to do anything for the going on voicing their frustration is about all the things people can do here really in say what i intend to do our own. Its the government that monster change policy and in turn the Economic Future of all of those who are here it is usually 1st one of indias most respected economists says the government needs to spend in order to stimulate the economy the immediate measures required are demand because this is very clearly a shortage of demand in the economy workers dont have money to spend there isnt enough employment and businesses are not investing somebody has to spend and it has to be big government. Its been difficult for the government to explain or even show the benefits of its new sales tax or why it removed all banknotes 2 years ago and replace that with higher value notes the International Monetary fund has acknowledged Indias Economic slowdown and its urging the government to work on a stimulus package that could benefit the working class and revive the economy. The worry for Prime Minister dread rhodies government is that its over supporters not criticising its economic policies if it doesnt act soon seems like this may become a common sight so hell Robert Al Jazeera new delhi. A major cleanup is underway and in the Nations Capital jakarta after some of the worst flooding and landslides there for 2 decades more than 40 people have died and at least 880000 displaced katrina you reports. Just commercial district is usually bustling with shoppers but for now its mud and sludge not custom is keeping store owners into to busy theyve begun cleaning up after 2 days of heavy rain caused some of the worst flooding in years. That ive suffered big losses i cannot seem goods to my clients everything is wheat we so busy cleaning up we cant take care of sales i dont know who i can blame in the situation but us Common People have become the victims. Who are submerged. In 3 warehouses she says the damage will cost her more than 20. 00. A 1000. 00 but many others have lost much more of their im disappointed because the government is not helping us Business Owners i wish they would pay more attention to us because weve lost all our capital most of my goods can no longer be used i cant sell them. Torrential rainfall began on new years eve quickly overwhelming the citys rivers and canals streets were turned into rivers and strong currents hampered rescue efforts dozens of people died tens of thousands have been displaced the indonesian capital frequently floods but analysts say the city was ill prepared for a storm of this scale down by the impact of this flood is bigger than the years before its massive more people or a directory and indirectly impacted households stores and companies all their assets are gone their houses destroyed and cars damaged. Authorities have promised to push ahead with the flooding infrastructure to prevent future disasters but thats little comfort to those whose homes and livelihoods have already washed away the citys rivers have returned to normal but with more heavy rainfall expected this month residents say the cleanup is far from over katrina aljazeera. I thousands of teachers have taken part in a nancy government protest in Central Hong Kong is the citys leaders of turning teachers into scapegoats for the ongoing social unrest the government says the only several investigations into the process related activities by educators demonstrations in hong kong are now in their 7th month. Well that wraps up this news server to keep it here on aljazeera ill be back with you on the other side of this break with more on our breaking news stay with us. 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