Well iran has struck back out the u. S. For the assassination of its Top Commander solem army and its making it clear what happens next depends on donald trump iran far more than a dozen missiles from its territory into a base whole thing u. S. Forces in iraq the us base in Anbar Province around the same time the south also hit a base in erbil iran says 22. 00 missiles were fired in total and there were no iraqi casualties there u. S. President donald trump has only responded to the attack on twitter he says all is well now we are expecting a statement from him once washington wakes up in a few hours the iran strikes are in retaliation for the killing on. Of solar money in a u. S. Airstrike last friday he was buried in his hometown of curmudgeon just hours after the strikes by iran on weapons say now we have a team of correspondents across the story so beautiful teen is in iraqs capital Gabriel Elizondo well have more on President Trumps reaction and dorsetshire bari will have all the latest from the iranian capital but its right matheson begins our coverage with this report. This is irans promised response to the us assassination of top iranian general on their money Ballistic Missiles soaring into the night sky their targets to Iraqi Military bases housing thousands of u. S. Soldiers iranians are taking the crowd there to hit back directly they wouldnt even leave their proxies to deliver the message that their american. Kind of saving faith order for them because killing so they money. Is an insult from the americans to iranian establishment to iranian estate all and therefore i think youre ronnie and has to retaliate on twitter this was us president Donald Trumps response all is well hes added casualties and damage are being assessed and said so far so good hes also said the u. S. Has the most powerful and well equipped military anywhere in the world by far the question is whether that military will be used to retaliate against these attacks u. S. Troops are based at the air base in iraq one of the 2 targets hit by iranian missiles ever since president trying to scuttle the. There has been to. Jail for escalation and that you know neither side can afford to look weak the leaders of both sides have committed to this escalation and its hard to see how how it gets you know where they are so far but the u. S. Says its killing of cars some sort of money in an air strike was in response to an attack in iraq in which a u. S. Contract to diet and for which the u. S. Blames iran. In iran huge crowds have been in mourning. And demanding revenge for so moneys death an immediate diplomatic solution to the crisis seems unlikely. Both sides have to be really really gauge and diplomacy and right now i i fear that i do not see that i do not see either side the iranian or the american willing to do the things necessary to engage in the policy. Iran wants u. S. Forces to permanently leave the gulf region and it says there will be a harsh response to any further u. S. Retaliation rob matheson al jazeera. For the past half hour arounds president has on rouhani has tweeted general salim mani fortes heroically against Isis Al Nusra and al qaida he says if it werent for his war on terror european capitals would be great and great danger he continues our final answer to his assassination will be to kick all u. S. Forces outs of the region well that was a message echoed by foreign minister shovelled serif he emphasized that irans next steps will depend on the reaction from the u. S. People said very clearly that if the United States takes any that action get on board respond accordingly and we would respond in a very harsh way but proportionately very we did not start this process of escalation day United States rage an economic war against iran the United States has to come to its senses the presence of iranian people in the streets of many cities unprecedented in the history europe can play a role by informing the United States of the c. D. s that are in there now this is that they should stop listening to clowns that they should base their policy based on realities and not some evolutions of some clowns who. Well lets to head to teheran or dosage of ari has been standing by at door so weve been hearing lots of reaction of terror on a reaction to those strikes what else have you been hearing. While the foreign minister we just heard from was at the weekly Cabinet Meeting weve also heard from the defense minister. Who expressed his views he said that the revolutionary guards carried out what was their duty essentially he thanked them for their service he also said that this is. Just the beginning is just the start of a wrong response we also heard from the president at his Cabinet Meeting he said that their revenge thats coming for the americans is really this is just the beginning he said that the. Hand was cut off during the attack which killed him now its time to cut off the legs of the United States in the region middle east that thats the price that they will pay for killing money is they have to leave this entire region all together. And around Supreme Leaders are also gave a rather sobering speech earlier given lengthy praise to custom solar money. Yes the Supreme Leader was speaking at a scheduled event commemorating the anniversary of the op rising in the holy city of all prior to the revolution of 1979 and he used that opportunity to speak about the late general they were very Close Friends theyve known they knew each other for over 4 decades and the Supreme Leader has taken this assassination quite personally as have all the officials in iran and they see it as a an offensive a aggressive move by the United States because the money wasnt just the head of the courts force he was a very well known figure within the establishment one of the founders of the revolution and the uprising that ousted the shah in 1979 so the Supreme Leader quite really shaken by this latest assassination of the loss of a close friend lets listen in to what else he had to say. Let the today we are armed the nation of iran is equipped today against the bullies of the world and im mad bomber mullo believe last night we slapped the us on the face when it comes to confrontation military actions of this kind are not enough what is important is the corrupt presence of the United States in this region must come to an end they brought war and hostility and deception and destruction to this region wherever they go this happens they are still insisting that this corruption this destructiveness should be imposed on iran. Weve also just had a tweet from the Supreme Leaders account on twitter where he says that the such a slap in the face last night is not enough that this military action that iran carried out by attacking the u. S. Military base in iraq is not enough so we are getting indications that what happened is just the start of what is to come up unfortunately in this conflict that has now really exploded between the United States and iran and the latest developments just indicate that there is more to come between the 2 sides in this region ok dosage of. Thank you well twitter of course President Trumps preferred form of communication lets get more now from Gabriel Elizondo hes live in washington d. C. Agape 1st reaction from the president s response which is that all is well well can we read into this. Yeah that was the only statement weve heard from the white house or President Trump since 10 hours now and that thats when that tweet came out all is good so far so good as he said. I think what we can read into that is really one thing is that that tweet came out after he met with his war cabinet secretary of defense secretary of state joint chiefs of staff and immediate aftermath of the attack in iraq i think that what this tweet by the transient basically is is basically a pause he wants to pause right now on the situation slept on it throughout the evening no american troops were killed i think that was very critical i think if american troops were killed wed probably be having a much different conversation right now although his tweet from late tuesday is probably less important than what were going to hear from President Trump in the coming hours it is a little after 7 am here in washington d. C. Its been quiet throughout the evening but i expect that to change very soon were expecting the trump is expected either release a statement or make some sort of press conference or address the situation of the missile strikes at some point in the coming hours here wednesday morning in d. C. What he says will be absolutely critical it is his moment perhaps either to be a little conciliatory and maybe indicate that he will be taking a more diplomatic path or we could get a sense of he might be. With more of his bellicose language maybe indicate that will open the door to retaliate ing again against iran we just simply have no idea so that will be critical will are also going to be watching 2 other things in washington this morning number one is more information from the pentagon weve heard no information throughout the evening on exactly what their Damage Assessment was what kind of damage was done to any military infrastructure on those 2 bases so its. To hear from the pentagon also key members of Congress Might be briefed by Administration Officials on the attack at some point this morning as well so we might get more information theyre. Speaking over the members of congress of what sort of reaction have weve been hearing from those of right and the president we know the secretary of state on this offense actually say they both want to deescalate this crisis i they all speaking with one voice well they did say they want to deescalate the situation but they said that earlier on tuesday before the missile strikes and so we have not heard from them since then we also did not hear from a lot of members of congress either after the missile strikes took place probably because it was a little late in the evening on tuesday by the time pretty much all ended however we did hear from Lindsey Graham a very hawkish anti iran member of the senate of the senate who was also a very close advisor to President Donald Trump listen closely what he had to say late tuesday night. The missiles were launched from iran at targets inside of iraq housing u. S. Military personnel the president has all the Authority Needs under article 2 to respond and hiring a sponsor is yet to be determined but he has the authority to respond it was an act of war by regime for the last 40 years spent a cancer in the middle east when they say they want to destroy israel theyre not kidding theyre the largest state sponsor of terrorism trump is probably going to have 2 groups of people whispering in his ear on one side are going to have people probably such as Lindsey Graham encouraging the president to strike back again to retaliate again against iran and to strike something you know thats thats one side that you just heard youre probably also going to hear trump will probably also hear from some other advisers saying this is the perfect opportunity to take the off ramp and pursue some point of diplomacy and to deescalate the situation what will trump decide whats in his head what will he announce we simply do not know all we know is that hes a very unpredictable president and we should get a better idea about what hes hes thinking and where this goes from here when he speaks in the coming hours and when we get that we will of course cross back on the team in washington d. C. But for now i. Thank you lets go to the from iraq congressman a full team is based in baghdad simona the iraqi Prime Minister has been speaking in reaction to these attacks walkie its alice. Indeed the media office of the Prime Minister has released a statement in which he basically outlined last nights events saying that he had received a warning from iran just as the attacks were unfolding that they were about to target targets in iraq and at the same time he said that he received calls of concern from american officials here in iraq that they were already being targeted so from this statement it appears that iraqs government was not informed in advance that iran was planning to conduct retaliatory strike on strikes on its soil the Prime Minister did also condemn the attacks and called once again upon all sides to deescalate the situation and to not let this crisis play out on iraqi soil now of course many people will be comparing his reaction to this latest events with his reaction to the u. S. Strikes that killed general customs for the money in baghdad as well as. Hundreds the 2nd in charge of the iranian backed Popular Mobilization forces he condemned those attacks in the strongest possible terms he said that they constituted an aggression against the iraqi state and he of course followed this up by advocating in front of parliament for the completely withdraw all foreign including u. S. Troops from iraq so many people will feel that his reaction to iran strikes on iraqi soil which are of course im president of are relatively subdued weve also heard already heard from several sunni leaders who have condemned the strike one sunni bloc in parliament has said that the governments response has been the week that it has not sufficiently acted to protect iraqs sovereignty. Some Wonderful Team in baghdad will have to leave it there for now thank you very much indeed for bringing us the latest reaction. Several airlines have canceled their flights to tehran bar others have reverted their planes in order to voice rein in airspace the u. S. Federal Aviation Authority has banned American Airlines from flying in the airspace above iraq iran and the gulf of oman it says there is a potential for miscalculation or mess identification. Israels Prime Minister has warned that anyone who tries to attack his country will be hit hard by the netanyahu emphasized he fully supports the United States actions. Acting swiftly boldly and resolutely against the. Thank. You was the architect. Of irans plan carnage. Throughout the middle east and throughout the world. Is very important. As a. Step completely beside the United States thank you thank. All sorts of baraka says the director at the center for conflict and humanitarian studies of the 2 has to change he believes this is a carefully thought out retaliation by iran and not an escalation. It is designed to really help vent some of the feelings that have bottled up over the last. Few days in iran and it mostly speaks to the iranian public where we have grown to think of a special trump factor in any analysis these days and i think given that he has managed to go to sleep since the attack which happened sort of early evening washington time he has information that not many if any american soldiers has been killed in this attack but having said so i think history for example on targeting cultural sites in iran what was very concerning and that kind of attitude brings in a really deep rooted hatred of the culture in the region and somehow build this impression that the whole region is being taken through a genocide cultural genocide over the last few years which plays into the hands of certain elements including israeli Prime Minister netanyahu and his position really is trying to make sure that the gains as much as possible israel is going to continue to raise their rhetorical i think but if you really were to go german say will israel want to go to direct war with iran risking israeli lives and handling israeli missiles are just ready to sit is the answer would be no we had rather the United States does it and maybe other allies around the region in terms of saudi arabia and i think very as they have modify their way of addressing iran over the last few hours there they sound now much more moderate much more calling for potential negotiation and collective security in the region. Well the other breaking news were following is the crash of a ukrainian passenger plane in iran the boeing 737 belonging to Ukraine International airlines went down shortly after takeoff from teheran ahead of ukraine the Ukrainian Council on National Security says 176 people were on board there were no survivors their line says the plane was serviced 2 days ago more birdman the has more. A Ukraine International airline 737 bound for kiev reduced to smoke and wreckage. All those on board killed. Rescue crew and Emergency Personnel pick through whats left Natasha Johnson mom home any airport. Video released on social media shows a faint light flickering and then a fireball. The boeing jet had set off from tac ran early on wednesday after being delayed almost an hour solution such but fortunately it didnt question the reason into area but the wreckage