Mobilization forces and their supporters surrounded the compound of the u. S. Embassy to deliver a stern warning to get out of santa ana this is a message to trump and to the American Embassy and consulate in baghdad. Watch out you have touched our soldiers and our brothers they set fires at the outer gates as they tried to get inside the Embassy Grounds the situation appears to be escalating now with hundreds perhaps thousands of members of the Popular Mobilization forces having the means to the close of the u. S. Embassy there filming stones there burning ceased the trying to climb the wall to reach the u. S. Embassy compound and theyre chanting antiamerican slogans theyre demanding the weve told all american troops from iraq. The action is in response to u. S. Airstrikes that killed dozens of fighters from the hezbollah brigades which form part of the Popular Mobilization of forces it all began as a funeral procession to honor those killed crowds pay their respects as the bodies pas
Base its there meaning iraq at a lot of cost billions of dollars to build long before my time were not leaving unless they pay us back for it now also threatened to levy sanctions against iraq not just iran he said those sanctions would make the sanctions against iran pale by comparison and then he doubled down on his threat to attack iranian cultural sites if iran were to retaliate for the assassination of hans and. Mr salonica. Mr trump said they are allowed to kill our people theyre allowed to use roadside bombs and blow up armed people and were not allowed to touch their cultural site it doesnt work that way this is what he told reporters on his plane in an on the record conversation well the president is entitled to his own opinion but not to his own facts there isnt 1954 Hague Convention for the protection of Cultural Property in the event of Armed Conflict that was a convention that was signed by a number of countries including the United States after massive destruction of cult
The nature of the situation is that we want to bring to a very attention how important the issue is for us as a nation. Joins us now live from tehran and also just take us or what else that had to say. Well he said that iran has written to the United Nations Security Council and the secretary general of voicing their condemnation thats what has happened the assassination of general costs and so the money also summoned the swiss charles defense now the United States does have a presence is so the swiss act as a go between that theyve been summoned 3 times in 3 days 1st over the assassination 2nd over the response to iran its a response to donald trump and now again responding to Donald Trumps treat saying that 52 locations in iran had been. Highlighted including cultural sites he said that no one can tell iran how to act or what not to do but iran does not want war prepared for any anything that the United States may put towards a target iran with no emotions here are still very very hi
A day before now heeded the call of their leaders while some dismantled tents and ferried away supplies used to camp the night out the more defiant ones staged a final showdown in front of the embassy gates burning tires and flags to the sounds of antiamerican slogans usa was let out of from our country we dont. We cant brought that to ourselves mordaunt real we are fighters who hurt out. Killed ourselves road them ran through. The attack on the u. S. Embassy was sparked by the latest u. S. Strikes against hezbollah brigades which is part of the Popular Mobilization forces the majority of the crowd consisted of its members and supporters but some here say they were also driven by what they perceive as an unjust american policy in the region this is my. Land. And if you want to stay here you must understand all hearts. When the governments believe and understand our own law its we can leave. As crowds withdrew u. S. Helicopter circled overhead after reinforcements arrived from kuwait th
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