Injury and back in business james how does cost 35 points to help you think down the nuggets all the n. B. A. Action coming up in the program. Welcome to the Program Leaders of the iranian backed Popular Mobilization forces have told them members to withdraw from the u. S. Embassy compound in iraqs capital theyre throwing rocks and set fires outside the Building Security personnel inside have responded by firing tear gas you know President Donald Trump blamed iran for the protests but terror on has denied any involvement as anger over the recent u. S. Airstrikes in iraq and syria targeting the hezbollah brigades the u. S. Has deployed marine reinforcements to secure its embassy in baghdad well were covering the iraqi protests some around the world mike hanna standing by for us in washington d. C. For reaction out of the u. S. Dollar such a big. He is live for us in the iranian capital tehran 1st lets go to simona fulton shes live in baghdad simona were hearing then that the crowds outside the u. S. Embassy compound have been ordered to leave what more can you tell us. Well indeed the leadership of the Popular Mobilization forces has issued an order for these crowds to leave and indeed some of them are leaving we can see trucks piling on some of the supplies that have been brought out yesterday and earlier today we can see people carrying blankets carrying away basically anything that they had gathered here to be able to spend the night but there are also some groups that say that they will not leave and indeed outside of the gate of the u. S. Embassy were seeing a group of a few dozen people who are still chanting and american slogans they are saying that they will not depart on till the u. S. Troops actually leave iraq he saw that many of those people is me some of them are saying that theyre regular iraq hes demanding their rights but some of them are also members of the socalled Islamic Resistance which is an amalgamation of groups that are under the Popular Mobilization force but who are believed to be taking their orders rather from to her around rather than from baghdad now of course we have to make an important distinction here between the crowds here in front of the u. S. Embassy and the crowds on the other side of the tigris river in paris square they are not the same the crowds that have been protesting for 3 months against the government and against iranian influence here in iraq have rejected the presence of the Popular Mobilization forces here and they have basically say that they have nothing to do with them now all of this began as a funeral procession to commemorate the 27 fighters who were killed as a result of the u. S. Air strike. Oh stay angry and determined they marched across the river tigris through unmanned checkpoints into the heart of the fortified green zone thousands of members of the iranian backed Popular Mobilization forces and their supporters surrounded the compound of the u. S. Embassy to deliver a stern warning hideout i did this yes this is the revenge of the Popular Mobilization forces this is just the beginning what comes after this will be much stronger than the others they set fires at the outer gates as they try 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 soused the trying to climb the wall to reach the u. S. Embassy compound and theyre chanting antiamerican slogans theyre demanding the waves roll off 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 passed by and about to avenge their deaths in the hall there are those although not all the time of the quote in this cowardly act was carried out by the u. S. And israel they will pay a high price we will take a strong stand and we will not forget the blood of the martyrs as long as theres breath inside of us we will tell them that we are here on the streets and we are here to stay and there will be an aggressive response to them their bases are nazi. Top pm have leaders supported this march including hard marry the leader of the biggest bloc in parliament and there is. Bullet an insurgency after the u. S. Led invasion in 2003 they pledged to use both military and political means to expel u. S. Troops that are part of the dharma look at this embassy has proved its conspires against iraq this is the embassy where they spy on iraq and where they lead to destruction of iraq this is where the saboteurs are supported by the u. S. Embassy is located in the heavily fortified green zone for months Iraqi Security forces have guarded it against antigovernment protesters but this time they appear to have orders to stand down the u. S. And 100 marines to reinforce security and u. S. Trained iraqi forces deployed near the Embassy Compound the Prime Minister has condemned the attack and called on people to withdraw but they ignored his orders laying siege to the embassy overnight and raising questions about whos actually in charge iran has strong relations not only with the security groups that we talk about that weve been talking about but also with the political groups with the institutions with state actors inside iraq and across the political spectrum from. And kurdish groups. Through loudspeakers crowds in Tahrir Square whove camped out for months to protest against the government and the iranian influence renounced any connection to the group that entered the green zone this attack on the u. S. Embassy could turn into a diplomatic crisis many fear it could also be the beginning of an escalating proxy war between the u. S. And iran on iraqi soil. And some of the President Trump has called on the Iraqi Government to do more to protect the embassy and what sort of response has there been from iraqi citizens. Fully understand there has been a lot of pressure from the u. S. Government to basically in the words of one security official put an end to. This were now seeing a lot of u. S. Trained Iraqi Counterterrorism forces deployed around the embassy around the gates of the embassy they are armed but they have not been given any orders to end to use any force to end this certain but what appears to be happening now is as we see the supporters of the Popular Mobilization forces withdraw the Counterterrorism Forces are gradually taking ground there pushing them further and further away from the embassy and they basically have orders to secure the area once the pm that actually draws the question is whether they will completely withdraw it appears that part of the group is defined to remain here and what remains to be seen though whether the Counterterrorism Forces and other Security Forces will actually use force to end this a 10 if it is not over by the end of today or to some other folks in there in the iraqi capital is meant to thank you meanwhile President Trump has said he does not want war with iran and does not foresee one. Well i think its been handled very well the marines came in we had some great warriors come in and do a fantastic job and they were there instantaneously soon as we heard. I used the word immediately they came immediately and its in great shape as you know this will not be a benghazi i also want to thank the Iraqi Government they really stepped up i spoke to the Prime Minister today i thanked him but they stepped up very nice i want to have you and i like peace. Iran should want peace more than anybody when irans Supreme Leader has responded to trumps comments he condemned sundays u. S. Airstrikes that targeted that has been our brigades and killed at least 27 people across a tear on our door such a baris life for us with reaction out of iran door says so the Supreme Leader has been talking about those u. S. Airstrikes what morsi been saying. Well according to Ayatollah Khomeini these attacks that were carried out by the United States was in retaliation to the fact that they hash the shabby forces had defeated eisel the americans are taking revenge that is how the leadership here sees the events that have unfolded and for the very 1st time at the Supreme Leader directly responded to the accusations made against his country by the u. S. President donald trump he said that that guy that has tweeted that iran is behind the events that took place in baghdad is completely not true he said 1st that theres nothing the americans can do about it in to that they have to look at their own foreign policies in countries like iraq and afghanistan to understand that the people in those countries are now hating the presence of u. S. Forces that are there at the moment lets hear some more what he had to say. Book is ready if iran decides to confront a country we will do it without hesitation we are strongly committed to the interests dignity and progress of our nation and anyone who threatens that will be confronted we dont punish any country towards more but if others want to impose something on us then we will powerfully stand against them and the Supreme Leader his words have now been followed by the actions of the Foreign Ministry weve just heard that the charge of the affair of the Swiss Embassy here in tehran has been summoned to the Foreign Ministry to answer questions about the comments that the United States have made against iran and the accusations that made against the Islamic Republic the Foreign Ministry says that they are expressing their deep concern and disappointment about the comments that have been made against them though the Swiss Embassy here represents the u. S. Interests in iran since the United States and iran dont have to fanatic relations for now this seems to be a moment very critical between the 2 sides because there seems to be accusations and counteraccusations but what is clear is is that both sides really dont want to see an escalation in this conflict and these wars war awards continue but its really not in anybodys interests to escalate them any further and caution is being urged from all sides to actually deescalate the situation. Thank you or lets cross to mike hanna hes there in washington d. C. Mike so we saw President Trump that talking yesterday on that extra u. S. Security in that around the u. S. Compound how is this latest escalation in tensions with iran being seen there in washington. Well during his new year festivities president tramples a fun time to issue a couple of tweets one of which said iran will pay a very big price he added this is not a warning its a threat President Trump and his administration continuing to put the blame for the series of events directly on iran making it part of the ongoing u. S. Proxy war with iran which is taking place within iraq now the secretary of defense has confirmed that there will be an added deployment of u. S. Troops to iraq to baghdad some 750. 00 forces from 82nd airborne will be deploying in coming hours now the marines that we heard president referred to earlier they were based in kuwait from the Crisis Response group they were moved in within hours of those demonstrations happening some 100. 00 marines adding to the security off of the embassy there but what is being made very clear to is the trumpet ministrations belief that assurances from the Iraqi Government that property and personnel will be protected simply cannot be accepted they are all string the own security and defense around that Embassy Compound and so the situation continues where President Trump remains on vacation and his florida club whereas the administration continuing to decide what its going to do in the days weeks perhaps months ahead or to my kind of there live for us in washington d. C. Mike thank you lets talk to him had raised. Hes a political analyst and joins us now from tehran ahamed lets talk 1st about these latest developments reports that the mobilization of forces and their supporters have been ordered to leave the u. S. Embassy area do you think they will leave and would iran have been involved in any deal that was done to get them to leave. We have not said that iran has been behind the attack on the us embassy because iran has been itself into such attacks just about less than 2 months ago it was a high point iranian consulate meeting and the city of karbala. But one thing that we should remember is that the americans humiliated the iraqi people and they were angry about the damage to the americans in posen they were there national pride. Americans killed iraqi heroes iraqi of officers who have actually filed politic and fight against. Isis and against terrorism they have saved their own country and did their sovereignty their integrity of the their land has been violated by the americans and then President Trumpet secretary promptly as they have the respect to say that it was against iran it means that they surely have ignored the identity of the iraqi people and that is something that no one in their ward ok that their identity their nationality would be ignored so they were angry about that and that seems to be the man reason behind the attack hamad lets talk about some of the rhetoric because President Trump said that iran will pay a heavy price for the initial attack that killed a u. S. Contractor but then he later seemed to soften his rhetoric saying look he doesnt want war with iran Saudi Arabians viewing this latest escalation because they dont really want war either do they. Iranians are not that worried about any escalation and tensions in the region because they know that there is not going to be any war against iran iran is not after war it is not something that iran with a welcome to have any fight a war of the United States or anyone else because the sabbath is the main point for any country but the point is that iranians know that they have enough power to defend themselves and their dad in the war is about any war and they know that the americans are aware that if there is any tensions any conflicts in the region that would be something that would increase the power of iran as we have seen what has happened in iraq in syria and other places in the region any tensions have led actually to more power for iran because iran is using its soft power in the region and technically we know that when you have shared call interfaith religion and many other things in coming we do people in in the region you can have power and its not something that you can buy or i force or buy the money as the United States is trying to do i am a just a final thought from you because i pushed for time here but a number of the rainy and consulates were attacked last year in iraq and now we have this broad m to government protest in baghdad which is calling for less iranian influence in iraq so how do you see this affecting relations between baghdad and tehran. I would answer on our neighboring countries neighboring capitals and they have a lot in common they are sure to have shared communities that have shared a religion they have straight economy and so they have a close relationship to each other especially after sad dont impose that down our so they have they have a lot of connections to each other and other relations political military everything in there is income and so they try to work. Side by side they try to Work Together and theres no nothing super surprising about that if they everything be together they actually be working together closely to do everything but it doesnt mean that you want is going to involve or actually meddle in what is going on in iraq because iran def is themed it for you on is to respect the sovereignty of other countries because it is itself something from even more foreign involvement foreign meddling is not going to do that itself gollums out of thank you very much indeed for talking to al jazeera. 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