As a form of protest where in india where the anger against a new controversial citizenship bill is getting created. So u. S. President donald trump says iran appears to be standing down after a series of airstrikes on Iraqi Military bases which host u. S. Troops those strikes were in retaliation for the assassination of top iran an iranian commander custom sort of money in addition washingtons now risen to the United States reiterating it will act again against terror if necessary of my White House Correspondent kimberly how it. With the u. S. And iran edging dangerously close to war President Donald Trump proclaimed that tehran appears to be standing down truck gave no indication that the United States intends to strike back hours after running in missile attacks on 2 bases used by the u. S. Military in iraq we suffered ok will tease all of our soldiers are safe and orderly minimal damage was sustained at our military bases it was a stark contrast to the president s threats of retaliation without hesitation that have dominated his twitter feed in recent days instead flanked by top advisors and generals trump made a surprising suggestion that members of nato to become much more involved in the middle east process it was an astonishing claim from a president who once called nato obsolete he also encouraged u. S. Partners and allies to abandon the j c p a way an agreement put in place in 2050 and by world powers to limit Irans Nuclear program we must all Work Together toward making a deal with the rain that makes the world a safer and more Peaceful Place however trouble didnt ounce new sanctions would be coming without giving specifics he also left open the possibility of diplomacy speaking directly to irans leaders he insisted the United States desires for iran a great future one that you deserve one of prosperity at home in harmony with the nations of the world the United States is ready to embrace peace. With all who seek it but missing from the president s speech evidence that the u. S. Killing of iranian general qassam solomonic was justified and necessary to prevent an imminent attack on americans its evidence opposition democrats are demanding from the trumpet ministration also absent a Clear Strategy something the administration has promised to provide in closed door briefings on wednesday to members of congress including Top Republicans iran didnt just take an off ramp it took a u. Turn because they know they have no capability to fight against america at least based on the presentation that was made. It does not meet what i consider to be a threat but if President Trump chooses to respond by sending even more soldiers to the middle east he breaks a Major Campaign promise to pull the United States out of what he once called its for ever wars can really help at aljazeera the white house. Is on the now in washington deborah tell us more about congressional reaction both in the. The house and the senate and particularly house leader nancy pelosi. Yeah nancy pelosi the speaker of the house is going to be putting forth to the house of representatives so war powers resolution on thursday and she says that she will call it to a vote now what is this it basically would limit the Trump Administrations ability to strike back at iran militarily and any sort of military activity it would basically say that trump could not engage in military activity or any strike against iran in any way in the less they notified congress in advance and thats because palosi and many of her democratic colleagues and even a couple republicans as well were fear eous because trump did not inform congress before calling in the strike that assassinated solmonese so this is whats going to be happening thursday at the house of representatives however it is important to note that this does need to go if it is passed which it most likely will given that the democrats control the house of representatives it then would go to the senate and in order for it to go into law it would need to pass the senate that seems highly unlikely given that the republicans hold a considerable advantage in the senate nevertheless a pretty strong symbolic statement by nancy pelosi wanting to call trump to account with that said also on wednesday Trump Administration sent over some officials to the house and senate to brief them on this socalled imminent threat that soleimani posed and many lawmakers and politicians came out of that closed door meeting very upset saying that they did not feel there was enough evidence that was presented listen to what to republican lawmaker mike lee had to say. I had hoped and expected to receive more information outlining the legal factual and moral justification for the attack that was left somewhat unsatisfied on that front which i would add was probably the worst briefing ive seen at least on a military issue in the 9 years ive served in the United States senate when i found so distressing about that briefing was that one of the messages we received from the briefers was do not debate do not discuss the issue of the appropriateness of further miller military intervention against iran. And that if you do youll be emboldening iran. Or one thing which i mentioned in passing out there but id like a little more data from you if you could this is the lesson which has been written to the United Nations. About the attack on cost and so the money. Yeah this letter was written by the u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations kelly craft its a pretty long letter that we just got in late on wednesday a couple hours ago and it and in this letter its basically to the u. N. Secretary general to be passed on to all 15 members of the Security Council and its basically the official letter informing the Security Council of the strikes killing solo money which of course we all know about now but according to the u. N. Charter article 51. 00 any country that protects in any military action in quote unquote selfdefense is obligated to send a letter justifying the action to the Security Council so thats what this is there are 2 lines in here i want to point out i think are very interesting the 1st part is i should mention that in the letter the Ambassador Says that the u. S. Does reserve the right to strike back again at iran if necessary but the other 2 lines in here are as follows there is one line says over the past several months the United States has been the target of a series of escalating threats and armed attacks by the Islamic Republic of iran and then it closes by saying the United States wishes to note as it has done repeatedly over the past years that we remain committed to a diplomatic solution just 2 things in here i want to reference on both of those 1st there is no mention in this letter of the imminent threat. Posed to the United States thats interesting in as a letter there shes just talking about a series of escalating threats by the republic of Islamic Republic of iran and then of course that closing line saying that the United States is open to keep the diplomatic channels open with iran thats interesting coming from the top diplomat at the u. N. For the u. S. Because. Irans foreign minister Mohammad Javad zarif was supposed to be at the United Nations on thursday for the United Nations for the u. N. Security Council Meeting however the United States. Rejected his visa so on one side you have the top u. S. Diplomat at the u. N. Saying we want to pursue diplomacy with iran but on the other hand the u. S. Also saying irans top diplomat cannot come to the u. N. Gavrilov is on there in washington d. C. Thank you for that. Now theres been an interview with aljazeera with irans ambassador to the United Nations who has said teherans next move will depend on the actions of the United States iran is not interested in war iran is not interested in escalation of tension in the region i mean increasing the tension in the region are really not. In the interest of nobody so iran definitely would like to to have peace in the neighborhood and the 1st ingredient for peace in their in the region is that the move of of the forces American Forces from our teacher. And that full interview is on talk to aljazeera saturday january 11th at 0430 g. M. T. You can check out to 0 dot com for the broadcast times in your part of the world now there is a commemoration ceremony for cars some sort of money and others killed in the u. S. Strike thats due to begin this hour in teheran close to the residence of the Supreme Leader ayatollah hum and they is with us from teheran this well there were 3 days of official mourning. There with the funeral processions we saw the burial yesterday and now another commemoration. Yes these are days that the country has been in mourning this is because customs of the money was a very popular figure the 2nd most powerful man in iran and it is raining in cultural and religious tradition to commemorate 3 days after the death and 7 days and then 40 days and that in fact the 40 days after the moneys death was forward on the anniversary of the revolution here the ring of revolution and now expecting some religious speeches were expecting possibly the Supreme Leader to talk however he did speak yesterday for so its not sure about that but we are expecting again lots of people to attend he was called a living martyr by the supreme to the khomeini and now that he is has been killed assassinated hes achieved that high status thats considered a specially within iran iran sees martyrdom is part of the very foundations and fabric of the ideology and theology in this country but also he was seen as a unifying figure yesterday Ayatollah Khomeini said that he was brave and wise but not only militarily but politically because he was known poxon and thats been seen by the number of people that come out onto the streets hundreds of thousands of people joining those funeral processions but also how hes death has united all the different political factions the conservatives the reformists and hardliners all have come together to condemn hes as us a nation and all had asked for revenge also just wondering about reaction you know we all sat there waiting to hear what donald trump would say yesterday so much expectation how was the speech received in iran. Well theres been a lot of reaction since those missile strikes you just aired a clip of an interview with the Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations and hes also written tonight in nations to the secretary general and he said that the iran strike was their right to self defense that no civilians or civilian infrastructure was harmed in iraq and said that iran remains committed to peace. In the International Community and does not seek to escalate tensions and also said that iran respects independent sovereignty and territorial integrity of iraq weve also had president rouhani speaking again with some really tough words he said that if the United States commits a crime even if its a threat they will receive a decisive response from the armed forces and again going back to the Supreme LeaderAyatollah Khamenei he said yesterday that the missile strike was a slap in the face for the United States but weve had foreign secretary divides reef respond to the nato secretary general who condemned the missile strikes divide zarif said that those actions were legal those actions are legal and in selfdefense but he also said that nato has achieved nothing in the region other than destruction war and insecurity and the Foreign Ministry spokesperson here again addressing nato secretary general has said that nato has turned into truly to justify u. S. Actions and crimes here so we are hearing a lot of tough words coming out of iran or no donald trump President Donald Trump said that iran is standing down but from what were hearing out coming out of iran the tough talk it doesnt look like this standing down they do not want to escalate the situation as far as iran is concerned they responded to a single act which is assassination of course and so the money and they dont want to escalate it but if the United States does respond to war and that iran will be forced to respond further thanks outside well talk to you again soon. Lets go further afield now to london jonah howell reporting from there he says donald trump used his speech also to give nato powers dressing down remember donald trump as a fairly checkered history with nato ones calling it obsolete now apparently supporting it but frequently railing against its members calling them to take on a greater share of the burden a greater share of the cost for their own defense on the collective coffers of nato now i think he will see nato alongside european powers as having disappointed the administration my compo the secretary of state said as much in failing to full throated lee support the actions last week against person solomonic. An opportunity i think in this address to give everyone a sort of dressing down here a bit of naming and shaming and in nato as case presumably as i said to take up some of the burden in iraq opening the door for the u. S. Possibly to draw down its forces there something we know donald trump is keen to do and something of course that we also know that the Iraqi Parliament at least is keen for him to do. Is a former United States ambassador to nato who told us hes not actually expecting more from the military alliance. Several countries have been involved anyway the british and the french are been engaged in syria and iran and a number of lies in iraq and we have to remember that after 911 the attacks on the United States 1718 years ago every single i sent troops so with the nato forces in afghanistan because people were worried america might worry about afghanistan and not be concerned about about nato in europe so i suspect given what mr stoltenberg said the nato secretary general and half a sentence today there will be an effort to get a bit more nato engagement in the middle east but frankly i dont expect to see it happen in the u. S. Mr trump has ironclad positive statements about the United States loves nato the United States is firmly committed to nato which so far hes not the willing to do nato works to a great extent because virtually all the allies are on the same page they were during the cold war and even today with a couple of outliers turkey being the most important there are certain common ideas common his sister a common traditions none of that exists in the middle east youre never going to get all of those countries working together certainly not if youre not prepared to include israel as many of them are and certainly not if you dont find a way to depressurize relations with iran and again to get iran and gauged. Just one more note 3 rockets reported to have fallen inside baghdads heavily fortified green zone causing a fire this area houses Iraqi Government buildings and Foreign Missions and there are no reports of cash its. Other news in a u. S. Aircraft Surveillance Company says it will share its data detail in the flight path of the Ukraine InternationalAirlines Plane that crashed in iran on whedons day the boeing 737 went down shortly after takeoff from teheran killing all 176. 00 passengers and crew is from the aka. The passengers and crew of flight p. S. 752 didnt stand a chance. Minutes after takeoff the ukrainian International Airlines flight from tehran to kiev went down in a city suburb Recovery Team was picked through whats left of the plane from peoples lives. Most of the dead are rainy and more than 60 canadians were also killed many reportedly students returning from vacation the boeing 737800 was less than 4 years old and had been recently serviced. Video and social media shows a light hurtling to the ground and then a fireball. Iranian Officials Say there was no distress call. Fortunately it didnt question the reason eventually area but the wreckage has scarce it around the gardens of villas within a large radius nobody has survived. Across bill airport in kiev the arrivals board bears the grim news. This mother and father had been waiting for their son to arrive may seem to have someo