So that we begin in baghdad where thousands of people are attending the funeral procession for those killed in the u. S. Airstrikes targeting Major General custom sort of money on friday the formal funeral for the top iranian commander as well as. The Deputy Commander of the iran backed Popular Mobilisation forces is underway but will later be buried in najaf in iraq sort of on his body will be flown to iran lets go live to samoa fulton whos in baghdad for us and so many thousands out on the streets all seems pretty peaceful right now and theyve theyve actually crossed the river now is that right. These crowds are now marching through an area thats called the japanese which is opposite of the fortified green zone on the other side of the tigris river were seeing huge crowds consisting of people who are wearing civilian clothing were also seeing some people who are wearing military fatigues presumably members of the Popular Mobilization forces and you can see that some of the footage th
Against him. And other states of emergency in southeastern australia were kept a store fick bushfire conditions are back. One welcome to the Program Thousands of people are attending the funeral for those killed in the u. S. Airstrikes targeting Major General qassam salami on friday the formal funeral for the top iranian command as well us. On this you can see these pictures here from not jeff in iraq. The commander of 1 the iran backs Popular Mobilization forces its underway right now i will hondas will later be buried in najaf those are the pictures that you can see there and saw him on his body will be flown to iran well lets go live now to Simona Fulton whos in baghdad for us some more whats the atmosphere been like amongst those whove come out to pay their respects. So far the atmosphere has been largely peaceful were seeing huge crowds but for now theyre simply marching through an area of baghdad that is across the tigris river opposite from the green zone where the u. S. Embassy
Top Army Commander is killed in a u. S. Airstrike in iraq tehran is warning of harsh revenge. Assassination 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 got some sort of mani died when an american asteroid hit his convoy near the airport in baghdad the assassination ordered by President Trump marks a dangerous escalation in tensions between the u. S. And iran well Supreme Leader ayatollah ali hominidae says the general was killed by the cruelest people on earth adding so lebanese martyrdom will make iran more decisive to resist americas expansionism and to defend islamic values well said amman he was head of the powerful could force of irans revolutionary guard which conducts military operations abroad the u. S. Accuses him of creating instability in syria iraq and lebanon iranian leaders called his
A war in the region because if the United States of america iran will avoid any hasty response but it will retaliate for the assassination of sort of money and a us move off of the iranian response will face a more robust action jabari is in tehran where the country foreign minister has traveled for talks as a gulf state urges all parties to exercise restraint. Weve just heard from the Foreign Ministry Qatari Foreign minister mohammad. Funny is in the iranian capital and Holding Dialogue with his iranian counterpart while much of the right we understand that this was a very last minute trip it is the 1st official visit from the Qatari Foreign minister at a very very critical time we believe that he will also be meeting with the iranian president Hassan Rouhani later on saturday these meetings come at a time when the International Community is extremely concerned about how wrong will retaliate to the assassination of Major General money weve also been hearing from marine president Hassa
The u. S. Mens Football Team counts for by middle east Training Camp the killing of cats and sum of money. We begin this hour in iraq where thousands have been attending a procession for those killed in fridays u. S. S. Strikes targeting Major General some sort of money the formal funeral is underway for the top iranian commander as well as. The Deputy Commander of the iran back pocket of my realization forces behind us will be buried in the back of monies but he will be flown to iran lets go straight to baghdad and you have a it is standing by as ahmed tell us whats the atmosphere like on the streets. Well there is lots of anger but their mood is somber thousands of people have turned up on the streets of baghdad mourning the deaths of these 2 military commanders. Money of iran never met the hardest the 2nd in charge of Popular Mobilization forces weve been hearing chants and in the streets such as im on this your blood will not be spilt in vain people have been chanting that everyone