Mortars. Iran is claiming tens of mill isles have been launched. Well go to Mark Meredith in washington, d. C. Who versus further information. Reporter we are trying to find out exactly where the attacks have been taking place. Where the bases are in iraq and what the damage will be. President trump has been briefed on whats been going on. The white house put out a statement 15er 20 minutes ago saying the white house is aware of attacks on u. S. Facilities in iraq. The president is monitoring the situation closely and consulting with his National Security team. We have not heard exactly how the u. S. Will decide to respond to an attack. The americans that are based at these different facilities all across iraq, and what the damage will look like. We have seen the images starting to pop up on social media from groups trying to show these were the missile launches and rocket attacks. Attacks. We have heard from some lawmakers including chris murphy saying hes praying for all the troops s
Correct ways. Hello if youre watching r. T. International im or is on a lot thank you for joining us and we do start with this breaking news iran has fired dozens of Ballistic Missiles bases housing u. S. Forces in iraq the Iranian Military is calling it a revenge operation for the death of Major General. Who was killed in the u. S. Air strike last week the pentagon has confirmed that the end base in western iraq and the herbal base in Northern Iraq have been hit those 2 facilities housing u. S. And Coalition Forces alongside iraqi forces and there are now reports of iraq casualties in both strikes this of course follows irans warning that it would hit u. S. Targets. In response to the death of its top general on january 3rd the Iranian Military has named the operation martyrs solemn army and warned that further strikes are to come since news of the attack broke there has been a 4 percent spike in the Global Oil Price and the Us Federal Aviation Agency has banned all flights over the p
Hello youre watching R T International i am or is on a lot court thank you for joining us and we start with this breaking news a ukrainian aircraft with 180 passengers on board has reportedly crashed shortly after takeoff from Khomeini International airport interferon those reports coming from Iranian State media but have not been officially confirmed yet Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 was heading to kiev its a boeing 737 plane and reportedly went down due to technical reasons according to that same report so far we have no information on possible casualties but well of course keep you updated when we get further information and in separate developments in iran the Iranian Military has fired dozens of Ballistic Missiles at bases housing u. S. Forces in iraq. Iran is calling it a revenge operation for the death of Major General kasim saw in money the missile strikes happened at exactly the same time of night as the assassination of sana money 5 days earlier and the secretary
Joined by a faster of iranian studies at stanford university. Professor, we appreciate you coming on here. We learned these new developments out of iran and iraq. Is this the response that you expected to see from iran . This was that response that i had hoped iran with that make because i hope that they would show some prudence and weight. But given the kind of rhetoric from trump in the 24 hours, it seemed like the iranian leadership had literally boxed himself in the corner where something other than this could have been seen as deceitful. Professor, were dcu things going from here . I think it depends on whether american lives are going to be lost in this. We dont know how much damage has been done. We dont know how they intend to continue with this and was originally dont know what there certain response would be. The president decides to carry out the threat that he has made, i think we are in for a major confrontation and it will definitely be very, very costly for that region o
A series of tweets on saturday in which he said key iranian landmarks could be targeted if the country seeks revenge for the assassination of its top general kasim silly money bars on tuesday trouble said washington will abate International Law. We are according to various laws supposed to be very careful with their Cultural Heritage and you know why if thats what the law is i like to obey the law i mean while the Iranian Parliament has unanimously passed a bill that ignites new u. S. Armed forces as a terrorist organization. Was. Full those who ordered this is well as the perpetrators of this crime the killing of general kassim son the money to go with the pentagon and their military i counted as terrorists hamas and earlier the body of Major General so he was taken back to his home town for burial and its reported dozens of people were crushed to death in a huge crash i gather that with hundreds injured. Meanwhile the Iranian Foreign minister has accused washington of violating u. N.