A very warm welcome youre watching r. T. International with me. Well firstly overnight breaking news from the middle east the United States has killed one of irans most senior generals because some solomonic let the revolutionary guard elite kurds force and was assassinated in a drone strike in the iraqi capital in an op function by donald trump Senior Correspondent joins me in the studio now now the wrong us when i was elevated to from a war of words to open conflict and this is a Serious Development isnt it a lot of news outlets around the world will be focusing on this can you tell us more about what happened. Just wasnt just one of irans senior generals use were moved cd officials period he was sometimes called the 2nd most powerful man in iran a potential successor to the Supreme Leader and. For his death to come so suddenly and in such an. The hands of United States as strike it is deeply shocked uranium that it is deeply shocked the world i mean the hash tag world war 3 is trend
By the look at all through this john of the 3rd one is kevin owen here and out with will news update 1st that breaking story today that came in earlier on for the middle east the United States is assassinated irans top military commander in a drone strike in iraq. Money led the revolutionary guards and he could force a miss killed following a direct order it seems from u. S. President donald trump the arabian Supreme Leader is vowing a harsh retaliation against washington while the iraqi Prime Minister has condemned the u. S. Strike as aggression we got an update earlier from our Senior Correspondent were gassed. This is unprecedented in how how tense things are how both countries with this is this is the obvious this is the obvious to kill assassinate the man who is referred to as the 2nd most powerful man in iran a potential successor to the Supreme Leader he was killed after arriving at the airport in baghdad the u. S. As he was he was targeted i mean this operation was preplanned t
Were going to do this job the 3rd just turned 3 pm in hours as mentioned my name is kevin owen here about h q with your world news update and 1st to that breaking story that came in from rock earlier this morning the United States has assassinated irans top military commander of money in a drone strike on Baghdad International airport the Early Morning air raid also killed 9 other people including influential iraqi and lebanese shia militia leaders solomon e a lead the powerful could force which is an elite branch of the Iranian Revolutionary guard corps charged with spearheading foreign Operations Unit was heavily involved in the fight against i still in iraq and syria in the u. S. Though the general was listed as a terrorist the pentagon said hed been actively planning attacks against u. S. Diplomats and military personnel iranian Supreme Leader has warned there will be harsh reprisals against washington now over the assassination. The u. S. Act of International Terrorism targeting a
Evening busy news night is tell you about this january the 3rd one is kevin owen live here at r. T. H. Q. With the world news update if you stay with me for the next half hour or so so the big story into the middle east this morning the u. S. Secretary of state has defended americas assassination of irans top military commander same sum of money in a drone strike on Baghdad International airport on friday might claim the attacks saved american lives she said and further said that washington remains committed to deescalating tensions with tehran. That was the time to take this action so that we could disrupt this plot deter further aggression from chaos and salami in the Iranian Regime as well as to attempt to deescalate the situation. The Early Morning raid then also reportedly killed 9 others including influential iraqi and lebanese shia militia leaders there believed to be leaving the airport there in 2 vehicles when the strikes took place some sort of money let the powerful could fo
A few moments into a brand new day here in moscow the 1st speech donald trump has defended the killing of a reunion general cassim solemn money and several others including iraqis the u. S. President said the strike was necessary to stop a war in the middle east solemn 80 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 last night just stop a war. We did not take action to start a war the world is a safer place without these monsters. The Early Morning a raid also reportedly killed 9 other people including influential iraqi lebanese shia militia leaders theyre believed to have been leaving the airport in 2 vehicles when the strikes took place. The money lead the powerful force an elite branch of the reigning revolutionary guards corps charged with spearheading foreign operations the unit has been heavily involved in the conflicts in syria and iraq and was instrume