Airstrike. His close ally the deputy head of hush those xabi iranian backed Iraqi Militia the 100 was also killed along with other members of his group u. S. Missiles hit their convoy as they left the airport. So the money was commander of the kurds force a unit of irans revolutionary guard responsible for foreign operations for irans Supreme LeaderAyatollah Ali Khamenei so the money was a trusted confidant a member of his inner circle his killing in a targeted u. S. Strike is the most extreme escalation in tensions between to her own in washington in recent years how many warned there will be retaliation. The cruelest people on earth assassinated the honorable commander who courageously fought for years against the evils and bandis of the world sulaimani is martyrdom will make iran more decisive to resist americas expansionism and to defend our islam values with no doubt iran and other freedom seeking countries in the region will take his revenge into her own Senior Leaders met in an emergency meeting of Irans National Security council many iranians see the u. S. Attack as an act of war across the region there will be implications anywhere where there is an American Military presence. American should should leave those countries immediately but if i was in the emirates i would leave now if i was an american in iraq i would leave now if i was an american in any part in southwest asia i would leave immediately the United Nations high commissioner for human rights described the killings as a likely violation of International Law the fact that the United States designated. On its own you know laterally as a foreign terrorist does not give the United States in law or in practice even the right to kill him it in u. S. Law gives the United States there the right to seize his assets but not to kill him. In washington reaction was split along party lines republican support of the strike senior democrats called it reckless. Silliman he was a murderer but this reckless move escalates the situation with iran and increases the likelihood of more deaths and a new middle east conflict our priority must be to avoid another costly war. U. S. Secretary of state mike pump aoe tweeted a video showing iraqis celebrating the attack while still the money enjoyed widespread support for leading the charge to displace eisel from iraqi strongholds some iraqis blame iran for instability and interference in their country and salute money directly for the deaths of more than 500 iraqis in violent antigovernment protests which began in october feared by his enemies inside iran has for years been one of the most Popular National figures in the country the International Face of Iranian Resistance to american pressure he remained largely untouched by the waning popularity in recent years of the countrys elected government over Economic Issues oh yeah the mom that im going to you will stop this war but we will be the ones to impose its and therefore you have to be careful about insulting the iranian people and the president of our republic. Many iranians looked on so the money a someone who could protect them cut down at the height of his popularity by a u. S. Strike his death marks the lowest point in iran u. S. Relations in decades zain bus Ravi Al Jazeera well it wasnt just silly money he was killed the u. S. Forces have also killed a Deputy Commander of iranian backed coalition of groups in iraq who might be 100. 00 from the Popular Mobilization voice and he was killed when the strike targeted his vehicle on the road to Baghdad Airport all right we have correspondents covering the story from all angles of course mike hanna is in washington d. C. Dulcet your bar is in terror on in iran but 1st lets speak to us on a binge of aid whos in baghdad says that the attack has been widely condemned but restraint is being called for. Absolutely nick weve been hearing from all sorts of political leaders belonging to all specd old sides of this political spectrum in iraq. In their condemnation condemnation unanimous in calling for restraint and calm but also unanimous saying that this is going to be having fire reaching reffer questions both for iraq and in the region weve heard from the iraqi president and the Prime Minister calling for restraint calling for calm saying that this was a flagrant violation of iraqi sovereignty and class and so the money should not have been killed on iraqi soil as he was leaving the airport youve heard from various leaders of the political factions of weve heard from how the base of the puzzle e you also heard from the leader of the such a small one book but theyre saying that theyve put their forces on alert some of these militias had been frozen in status after the defeat of vice and now all of these fighters are on are on high alert vine of the leaders say that this is the beginning of a glorious victory that has been promised to them alluding to the ideological victory that they have been aligned with with iran saying that they will go after the United States after defeating ice and accusing the United States of orchestrating all that is wrong inside iraq so this is coming off the back of the protests that you saw and as you mentioned of a mad the in the hundreds isabel who was the deputy leader of the Popular Mobilization forces 48 hours ago properly more late edition forces had held the siege to the u. S. Embassy compound in baghdad the only backed off when the Iraqi Government promised them that it will carry out a legislation which will make sure that all u. S. Troops leave as a result of this action more u. S. Troops have actually arrived in iraq and across the middle east weve been hearing from political faction saying that they have so far called for a stranger but also saying that there is going to be revenge perhaps a unified strategy is being formed but it is a tense calm. In baghdad and it is going to be a difficult few days for a caretaker government you have to realize this is an Iraqi Government which has been forced out by months of protest and iraq is waiting for a new government in the last few minutes we heard from the Iraqi Oil Ministry as well saying that are out on operations the 2nd largest Oil Producing country in the block are continuing as normal despite some personnel belonging to the United States who have left because of the color from their embassy and as armors as caretaker government assesses the situation what can it do to try and calm things down. What were hearing that theres going to be an emergency session of parliament on saturday but theres not a lot that this government can do it cant even pass its own budget for now so all of this talk of a barrel which will force which will bring into question the agreement between the Iraqi Government and the United States is going to be difficult for it to pass because according to the constitution the government or the council of ministers or the president can present a bill to the parliament to being the caretaker government and the iraqi president being in the position that he is in many analysts saying that it is unlikely that such a bill will be tabled but this is a government which has sort of had its a beings clipped in the last few months as it is on the on the back foot it has not been able to come up with the solutions for the protesters and again what we saw in the few day last few days in the lead up to this event many of these protesters have been calling into question. The authenticity of this government the way that it has been able to conduct itself where it was killing protesters trying to cross the same bridge that it allowed proper Mobilization Forces to march through so a lot of questions and a difficult few days ahead for the Iraqi Government and we will hear more as lawmakers discuss it in on saturday in the parliament or a designer thanks very much in iraq where the attack happened lets go to iran where some silly money of course was from we can speak to Dawson Jabari who joins us from the capital tehran and also tell us more about the reaction. Well we are getting more information now about what iran is prepared to do next theres been warnings after warnings and threats now coming from 1st and foremost the highest authority in iran the commander in chief of irans armed forces the Supreme LeaderAyatollah Ali Khamenei issued the 1st statement of the day following the news of the death of us and sell the money and now he has since appointed his replacement the Deputy CommanderBrigadier General a smile is now the head of the police force he will follow in the footsteps of us himself in money nothing will change in terms of the courts force policies methods and ideologies according to the Supreme Leader we are waiting to find out what is going to be the reaction coming from the highest authorities the supreme National Security council is going to be chaired at an emergency session by the Supreme Leader himself in the capitol where they will discuss their reaction and their response to the u. S. Airstrikes that killed him so their money weve also been hearing from various officials throughout different parts of branches of government and most importantly weve been hearing from the Senior Adviser to the Supreme Leader ali akbar avila as he has said that there is no area in the middle east that is now safe for americans he said there is not a space that will be safe no bridges no streets no bases that will be safe for americans anywhere in this region some very strong words from a very important figure within the Supreme Leaders close circles weve also heard from the former head of the message forces who said that the United States government should start sending coffins to the middle east because that is how the u. S. Troops will be returning home there is a lot of anger and resentment now from what the United States has done this is being seen not just an act of violence and killing but rather an after an act of war and also what will this do within iran itself theres been a lot of division between different factions in the post will this be more of a unifying event if you dont. Certainly any kind of differences people have had in the past and with within government within the establishment these will all certainly disappear now given the circumstances the Islamic Republic finds itself in awesome cell in mind he was not just a figure it was not just a military commander he wasnt just the head of the post force he was so much more than that in iran he was seen as a heroic figure he was seen as somebody who fought for irans identity and sovereignty and security many ordinary iranians believe that had it not been for us and so in money and his strategic skills tactical skills in the battlefield the eisel would have been able to advance close to the streets of the capital so they really feel like his presence was what kept them safe of course there are many more that will follow in his footsteps weve heard from the friday prayer leader who delivered the sermon today saying that the ideas the beliefs of essential the money live on in every iranian and so his views his ideology is will not only strengthen iranians in the future. Also that its very much indeed that reporting there from tehran. Because im sort of money is death has exacerbated tense relations between iran and the United States and as weve been exploring and as they raise concerns over the retaliation by the revolutionary guard President Donald Trump is not made any further comments about the strike but other u. S. Politicians have responded lets cross to washington d. C. Monk hina is standing by for us there tell us more about the latest reaction coming to us from the United States. Well in the last few minutes the secretary of state my phone player has tweeted out a comment saying that the u. S. Is committed to de escalation also in the recent minutes President Trump has been tweeting but hes been retreating a travel advisory advising all american civilians to leave iraq hes retreated to both in english and arabic version of that particular travel warning but the reaction in the u. S. Is largely along partisan lines republicans welcoming the attack democrats expressing the deepest concern about it and already this debate among democrats weve heard from the speaker of the house in a written statement nancy pelosi calling into question why President Trump did not consult congress before this particular act theres been a statement from the chair of the House Foreign Affairs committee marc engle who points out that the president has got to inform congress within 48 hours in terms of the war powers act saying also that difficult legal situation has arisen here of President Trump not Consulting Congress on what could well be interpreted as an act of war so certainly the reactions been very largely on political grounds great anger among the democrats house questions likely to follow in the days ahead generally the situation is deeply disturbed President Trump himself remains on vacation at his mara lago resort in florida many expected him to return to the white house given the gravity of the situation at the stage he appears to be prepared to stay in florida. Presumably when a call like this is made reprisals are anticipated what the pentagon be looking for where those reprisals might happen. Well lets just look at actually what has happened in egypt the following those demonstrations outside the u. S. Embassy in baghdad a deployment was triggered off the 82nd airborne paratroopers now thats a staggered deployment some 750 paratroopers with due to be deployed 100 have already arrived in kuwait and presumably are on their way to the embassy in baghdad but this number is likely to increase to start the deployment in 3 phases so they would still will be paratroopers getting on to planes leaving the United States but the pentagon indicated that the numbers may swell certainly there may be more than 750. 00 Rapid Response soldiers being deployed so that is on one level what the pentagon reaction is obviously there are other elements as well involved here great concern among some observers about the possibility of Cyber Attacks the vulnerability as i mentioned of the president staying on vacation at his mara lago report so all of these factors clearly being looked at in terms of what kind of defensive posture the u. S. Is going to be adopting in the days ahead let alone what kind of aggressive action it may still be contemplating and i guess its all speculation at this point in time but this attack would have been sanctioned on the day by the president or would have referred back to a previous sanction to target so the money. Well that is a very interesting question because one must remember that general so many has been designated as a terrorist by the trumpet ministration now it has been pointed out by un human rights observers that this does not give in any form give them any right to kill him that that could be interpreted as an act of war but that may have been the 1st in a line of offense now what is important here and what is interesting to note is a comment made by the former National Security adviser john bolton he has just tweeted out and i quote congratulations to all involved in eliminating custom sort of money long in the making this was a decisive blow against irans belying quds force activities worldwide hope this is the 1st step to regime change in tehran now why this is particularly interesting is that john bolton was fired according to President Trump or resigned according to john bolton back in september now one of the reasons was his disagreement with President Trump about a number of issues of gunnies don north korea and particularly iran john bolton always a strong advocate of regime change in iran and many around president thought that such an action would completely destabilize the region lead to the u. S. Into yet another on conflict that President Trump says he doesnt want yet months later we are seeing john bolton feeling vindicated by this action of President Trump so the question as to how long this is being in the making thats open to debate what we do know possibly