And as part of an offer a standoff with security who tried to block him. Womens activists slammed the cypriot Justice System after a british teenager is given a suspended sentence for making false accusations of rape. Its been another day of dramatic developments in iran where the burial of the top the radiant command sasson aided in the in a u. S. Airstrike on friday has been delayed after at least 50 people were killed in a stampede joining his funeral procession huge crowds that packed qassam saw him on his hometown of come on and the congestion in the streets led to a crush of people in the capital meanwhile tehran the part about passed a bill designating the u. S. Army and the pentagon as terrorist organizations its also boosted the budget for the elite could force that sort of money commanded foreign minister zarif was told i was there that the days of the u. S. In the region and the but. Iran would respond because there was a knock toward. An act of will combined with an act of terrorism against a senior official of the stomach republic of iran and its citizens we dont and we are bound to protect our citizens as the act by the United States had other elements it enraged defeating so many people outside iran inside iran and that will have consequences for the United States and i believe the most important consequence is that the days of the United States in this region are numbered and the Foreign Ministers of britain france germany and italy met in brussels to discuss the fallout so the money is killing theyre calling for restraint and a deescalation of tensions lets go live now to tyrone officer install such a bari is there talk us through what happened today in come on resulting in the deaths of so many people. Well what has been taking place is the coffin has been making its way through the streets of the various cities since it came back from baghdad on saturday and it was finally going to be buried in cam on that is awesome so the moneys hometown but the large crowds that gathered there just could not handle the security and it just it got out of control apparently a number of people have died over 50 and over 200 have been injured weve heard from iranian president Hassan Rouhani who has expressed his condolences to the victims families. Understand that the burial will be taking place shortly now after about a 6 hour delay the officials were trying to clear the crowds from the streets of this city in central iran care mon is a relatively small city in central iran its about home 2820000 people but the number of crowds that came out to bid farewell to this general was just more than the authorities there were prepared for we know that some of the victims came from as far away as the Southern City of boston shiraz so the we know that the mourners werent just from the area of care mon in his hometown area from all over the country they gathered to bid farewell. Earlier as well the parliament passed some important legislation that was immediately approved by the Guardian Council that is the authority that approves bills from parliament now it means that the courts force is 200000000 euros richer when it comes to defending itself that was a bill that was approved to boost its security and defense programs within the revolutionary guards weve also heard from the foreign minister who said that the United States is has unleashed a series of events in the middle east that they cannot go back from. Thanks. To their lives wrong. U. S. Secretary of state my point peo has refuted claims made by iraq that some sum of money was on a Diplomatic Mission when he was killed in a u. S. Airstrike is there any history that would indicate that it was remotely possible that this kind gentleman this diplomat of great order because im still a man he had traveled to baghdad for the idea of conducting a Peace Mission we know that wasnt true we not only know the history we know in that moment that was not true serif is a propagandist of the 1st order and most of what you suggested in his text message or email or message that you laid out there was indeed a rainy and propaganda its not new weve heard the same lies before its fundamentally false he was not there on a Diplomatic Mission. I was 00 and fisher was at that briefing at the state department in washington and hes with us now live and what else to the secretary of state hopes. Was certainly a part Briefing Room as might prompt here going public since the 1st time he did the romans on this sunday talk shows here in the United States the big political shows as he tried to give some sort of thinking behind the u. S. Operation he was asked again about the intelligence he said look everyone sat down with the president the intelligence agencies presented what they knew there was also improve from teams in the field as he suggested the likes of might pompei or putting together what he saw as feedback from his team and then they took the decision its important to point out at this point that they see that they followed what the intelligence gave them and this is from a president who so often in the past has criticized the Intelligence Services in the United States might pompei of himself a former head of the cia before he was promoted to secretary of state he also said that on Donald TrumpsAdministration Iran will never get a Nuclear Weapon repeating the message that he said many times he was asked as well about the legal implications and he said look he didnt know about this specific instance in this case but he said before operations of this kind are taken more often than not before there is any feedback it is run through the Legal Process and he suggested that thats what happened this time although couldnt absolutely confirm no hes also asked to about donald trump saying that he was going to target a really cultural sites you remember on sunday donald trump tweeted out saying that he to list of 52. 00 sites where he could possibly hate including those attached to every Indian Culture and many people have pointed out that this is potentially a war crime our expert who is the defense secretary said that he would never do anything that would be break International Law might pompeo was specific. This on sunday when he did the 2 of those shows and he said the president had said that donald trump then on sunday evening doubled die and saying yes he did say and he meant it he said that they can kill people talking about americans and they cant hate cultural sites so dont try very much thinking that this is something that he could do but my pump to an unusual line of defense saying that it wasnt america that was threatening iranian culture it was the people in charge of that country. Let me tell you whos done damage to the persian culture its not the United States of america its the ayatollah if you want to look at who has denied religious freedom if you want to know who has denied the persian culture is rich and steve in history and in the act and theyve denied the capacity for that culture to continue if you go back and look at the holidays around cyrus the neuros they were not permitted people to celebrate theyve not allowed people that theyve killed that qassam somali killed. Theyve not allowed them to go mourn their family members the real risk to persian culture does not come from United States of america that there is no there is no mistake its interesting that my pompei always asked was the assassination the killing of general silly money part of the maximum Pressure Campaign the donald trump has said that hes going to wage on iran to force them back to the negotiating table might pompeo said that they will continue to luke a diplomatic economic and military option suppressed is this part of the maximum Pressure Campaign is there the potential that there could be further killings of senior people in the reigning government he insisted they will continue to pursue diplomatic economic and possible military action so he didnt rule. Out 0 is alan fischer reporting live there from the state department in washington alan many thanks. Iraqis in baghdad have held a funeral procession for the paramilitary leader abu al behind this who was killed alongside sort of money in fridays strike and this was the Deputy Commander of the iranian backed Popular Mobilization forces whose fighters were involved in the siege on the u. S. Embassy in baghdad last week i was there as a solid job it in baghdad says that there was a funeral procession and public viewing for how this. After some d. N. A. Tests and his body being blessed at religious ritual religious science in iran his body has arrived in basra where there was a funeral and the body will now travel to nudge of for its final resting place i would imagine 100 has now been replaced by. A commander whos also been quite efficient in the fight against somebody whos very close to iran as well and how the lumber used to lead the budget of militia weve also seen the impact of this from his blood because there was a lot of influence of that particular group and the United States going after that group signaled that there was some sort of intelligence that the u. S. Had about that group blamed the group for attack and. Carried out strikes against that group on the iraq Syrian Border and this is a group which was headed by a hundreds who was care taken out with confidence in the money so he was a significant figure he was seen as somebody who was bringing together the various factions because of within the Popular Mobilisation forces there is a number of smaller groups with various interests and ideologies some extreme some not that much and then he was the kind of figure who could rally them all together under the umbrella. Russias president Vladimir Putin is arrived in syria on an unannounced visits to meet president Bashar Al Assad according to the kremlin both leaders are discussing military strategy moscow has been a key supporter of the syrian governments during the countrys civil war. Japan is demanding more cooperation from lebanon over the former nisson boss colace cohen japans ambassador has expressed great concern in a meeting with lebanons president michel aoun as an interpol warrant for godes arrest in place since he fled japan last week where he was awaiting trial on multiple financial this conduct charges meanwhile japanese prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for the wife of kahless gone carol gone is wanted for giving false testimony of course last april shes currently in lebanon with her husband. A weather update next here on aljazeera then a final ruling in a rape case that shocked the nation will have the latest from new delhi. And well look at the impact of south koreas growing wealth gap. However i think arguably were in the depths of winter now the average temp in the depths of winter in tokyo its about 10 degrees at the moment given whats coming out of china youve got cold to the north and warm to the south and its really quite warm its 17 in tokyo in the forecast and that woman called contrast of zeus that stormy system in the sea japan thats moving eastwards snowfall cardo maybe in the tops of the mountains in honshu but mostly were talking rain an increasing breeze the backwash eventually just disappears near left with sunshine and deteriorating equality in for example beijing central part of china the still the potential for a bit of rain for the sas is looking largely fine bit breezy in hong kong at 21. 00 degrees the rain proper in indonesia is once again showing that it wants to come to the west so in the immediate future you got these big shot the orange tops going just through body in number and to the east and then java takes over by the time we get to system thats to focus the heavy showers including jakarta so yes that could be yet again an increase in the flood risk even some more flooding in india and maybe surprising forecast sheryls are actually in the heart of india further north rather than further science for the season would suggest. That. Theres not such. A compelling film about getting an education under occupation. That is once the been of the fed up that it was asked if you will dump team 6 he wanted them to come frankly if we dont have security but we come. But what happened after the cameras left rewind learning to die on aljazeera. Oh. Well again this is our 0 literati of the medias facade the burial of the iranian general concept of the mahdi has been delayed after more than 50 people were killed in a stampede during his funeral procession the commander was assassinated by a u. S. Drone strike in baghdad on friday Irans Parliament has approved the motion designating the us army in the pentagon as terrorist groups foreign minister says that the u. S. Miscalculated by targeting some of money meanwhile in iraq thousands of attend the funeral procession and bass run for paramilitary leader abu mahdi al behind this who was killed alongside sort of mahdi in fridays airstrike. That is when an Opposition Leader who has finally been allowed into parliament after a brief standoff with Security Forces on sunday he was blocked from entering in his absence dissidents deputy luis palla was elected as House Speaker hes a loyalist of president Nicolas Maduro both politicians have vowed to lead the parliamentary session. Spains parliament has now really approved a Coalition Government today ends months of political deadlock which was triggered by 2 inconclusive elections last year heather essential as well lead an alliance between his socialist party and left wing unit asper day most of those were supported by catalan separatists who agreed to see to abstain. A british woman convicted of lying about being gang raped by a group of israeli teenagers in cyprus has received a suspended prison sentence the woman says she retracted her story after being pressured to do so by police she was also suffering from trauma and didnt have a lawyer the case led to protests in britain and a call for tourists to boycott the island to sue us wrongly chalons explains whats next for the british woman. I was in the courtroom as this was being read out. Over the shouts of her supporters down on the streets it was quite hard to hear what was going on the judge reading quite loudly and in greek she was having this translated to already english at the bit where the judge was saying that the 12 israelis had had their rights taken away from them and their liberty deprived she she looked very upset about that shook her head slowly in the courtroom but her fight goes on she is although she is now free to go she is going to pursue this in the supremum court of cyprus still saying that she is a victim not a criminal and if that doesnt work shes going to go to human rights courts in europe it has political undertones as well there are people read asserted that the way that this court case was handled was to do with cyprus trying to safeguard its its go time with with israel there are a whole host of things bubbling around and different accusations and defenses being given but yes the did the legal team here her legal team asserted that while she was being questioned she wasnt given a lawyer while she wasnt even given a translator that this was. A kind of a whole host of violations of the of the way that this should go through the courts and that she had been turned from someone who should be given support and being listened to into someone who. Then made a criminal a judge in india set the execution date for 4 men convicted of the rape torture murder of a University Student on a bus in new delhi the case dates back to 2012 a woman died of her injuries and the case triggered mass protests dont typically lead to tough new anti rape laws 6 men were involved in the attack but one hangs himself in prison another was a minor at the time of the incident and has more now on the cases impact in indian society. Appeal to a cotton sheets that she wants Capital Punishment that shes been waiting for years now over 7 years and that she wants justice for her daughter and dramatic scenes of that court judges of course have. Awarded a death sentence the death sentence was awarded but theyve said that it would be Capital Punishment indeed an expedited the sentence of death warrants have been issued against this case. Laws and said one of the things in the law and now is that in the rarest of rare cases Capital Punishment would be awarded. In this case but i have to mention that several legal experts continue to say that Capital Punishment is not seen as a deterrent to rape in a country like india or patriarchy in other issues continue to prevail and the government has to come up with a more realistic policy in order to be. Against a on on while and against women so this case has now perhaps seen a closure this family with perhaps your closure on january 22nd when these 4 convicts will be hanged we believe the sentence would be carried out early in the morning indian time and while this is going to please many people many people would consider this just as legal experts continue to be very careful in their assessment of what sort of impact or if any at all this would have on a future case of violence against women. So the process have been held across india 2 days after mosque men and women broke into a university and beat up students and teachers students affiliated with the governi