Try to find a way to bring iran and the u. S. Towards agreement and away from confrontation. The u. S. Says no to iraqs request to step up talks on plans to withdraw american troops from the country. How to tie up to stand ready to move in support a medically australias Prime Minister sounds more troops to areas facing devastation from rapidly spreading wildfires. And im far as smile have all the days sports news including rafa nadal fights back to lead spain to victory over belgian reached the semifinals at the 8. Polo we begin with the latest fallout from the u. S. Airstrike that killed a top iranian general washington has an l. The new wave of sanctions on iran that target the countrys steel and Iron Industries the sanctions also go after 8 senior officials and the new measures are in response to irans missile strikes earlier this week on an Iraqi Military base that houses u. S. Soldiers today sanctions are part of our commitment to stop the iranian regimes terrorist activities the president has been very clear we will continue to apply economic sanctions until iran stops its terrorist activities and commit that it will never have Nuclear Weapons we have several correspondents monitoring these latest developments asama been davida is in baghdads sadr bari isnt ran for reaction to those new sanctions will be speaking to them shortly but 1st well cross over to our White House Correspondent kelly how kit will tell us more about what was said on these u. S. Sanctions by the officials. Iranian sanctions i beg your pardon will do these sanctions are being put in yes we know that these sanctions against iran are being put in place by the u. S. President through executive order and they were announced as you heard there by the treasury secretary Steve Minucci in targeting a number of different sectors of the iranian economy trade Construction Minerals textiles and as specifically also steel and iron very important aspects of the iranian a come economy as well we know that those sanctions are also targeting a senior officials 8 as you mentioned in these officials the United States alleges were involved with those missiles strikes on bases inside iraq recently that housed you u. S. Military soldiers so the United States has been very clear this is the latest round of sanctions that have been put in place and the british series of sanctions starting back in may of 2018 when the u. S. Pulled out of the j c p u a that agreement to limit Irans Nuclear program and they say that they will continue the socalled maximum Pressure Campaign until iran ceases what it calls its there what the United States calls irans destabilizing behavior and at the same time during our press conference the secretary of state can release the iranian general costs of sunday money and was planning a broad large scale attack against american facilities but he was pressed on what evidence he hasnt she wasnt really clear on any evidence. Yes this is exactly the issue that has been plaguing this Administration Since that attack there has been no proof of the socalled imminent threat that the United States said was facing u. S. Interests in the broader middle east but specifically even the embassy the u. S. Embassy in baghdad there have been briefings on capitol hill but lawmakers say that there was nothing concrete offered in terms not only of the imminence of the threat but this sort of specificity this is what the Administration Official the u. S. Secretary of state might pompei o had to say in regards to that. This was going to happen and american lives are at risk and we would have been caught fiddling negligee as the chairman the joint chiefs of staff said we would have been culpably negligent and we not recommended the president that he take this action because im so the money he made the right call in america safer as a result of that. Now incredibly in the midst of all of this in the midst of the round of new sanctions and all the tensions that have been heightening this week the u. S. Maintains that is still willing to negotiate with iran the window is still open for diplomacy the United States maintaining they dont want war but at the same time taking these very aggressive measures can with a house have thank you lets bring in Dorset Jabari shes joining us from the iranian capital what impact are we hearing of these new sanctions will have on irans or so. Well the 8 individuals that have been sanctions are not likely to be affected by them weve been hearing from one of those people who have been sanctioned most and reza a who is part of the Expediency Council of iran hes a former head of irans revolutionary guards hes just commented about being under u. S. Sanctions he said that its not going to this is more of a symbolic gesture and its actually a point of pride for him to be sanctioned by the u. S. Government and thats really how many see these sanctions on these individuals here its really not something that affects them one of their reality of their lives they dont have any property or funds in the United States they dont travel to the United States so the sanctions dont really have practical ramifications for them there seem more of a symbolic gesture he is one of the 8 individuals who has been sanctioned another important figure to point out is of the sham when he was a secretary of the Supreme NationalSecurity Council that is an organization that is headed by the president that is just in charge of dealing with their own Foreign Policy as well as making decisions about the countrys Nuclear Program under the supervision of the Supreme Leader so these figures are the next the latest batch of sanctions they dont really see it of having any real tangible effects but the one thing to point out is these sanctions are seen as as a further acts hostile acts by the u. S. Government against the iranian officials coming at the heel of these fascination of Major General hossam silly money which is seen as an act of war here as the iranians will see this as a response to fire the United States government. After their missile attacks on the u. S. Personnel in iraq so theyre saying that the United States really is not likely to do anything more than just sanctions in their femurs a symbolic gestures and political ones rather than real have a real effect on these people and these companies also want to mention that the Nuclear Agreement that they mentioned the iranians need to get out of the. Mean to come back and really negotiate this is something the iranians have said will never happen until the United States change their policy and after fridays announcement by secretary its not likely that that will ever happen all right so there are signs of our thank you well the u. S. State Department Says it will not discuss troop withdrawal with the Iraqi Governments this after iraqs Prime Minister ahd lobbed in maadi asked the u. S. Secretary of state to send a delegation to baghdad to discuss the issue and iraqis request follows the assassination of iraqi politician in 100 s. And the iranian commander of possum so my money last week on sunday Iraqs Parliament voted to expel all american troops from the country we are happy to continue the conversation with the iraqis about what the right structure is our mission set there is very clear weve been there to perform a Training Mission to help the Iraqi Security forces be successful and to continue the campaign against isis can it can be the counter dash campaign were going to continue that mission but as that as times change and we get to a place where we can deliver upon what i believe the president believes is our right structure with fewer resources dedicated to that mission we will do so we also have today nato team thats here at the state Department Working to develop a plan which will get burden sharing right in the region as well so thats what the secretary of state had to say a little earlier lets bring in a some a binge of aid is joining us from baghdad any more clarity on what the Iraqi Parliament does that. Well dreamed wed of wait to see what the Iraqi Parliament has to say as it is going to meet in a few hours on saturday morning but it is a very interesting point that the u. S. Secretary of state made that they will continue their presence and fight against isis which is a big question mark because since in the moneys assassination the coalitions efforts against the nato mission against i think of all of it remains suspended there are no military campaigns by the coalition that are being run right now against isis and the iraqi Prime Minister made that clear and the last time he spoke about limitations on sunday saying that if the u. S. Coalition came in 2014 when they were off asked for help against isis and now the threat has diminished now the nature of the threat has changed and since the events of friday after their money and where the 100 assassinated these forces are having to protect themselves and iraqi forces will have an additional responsibility to protect them as well and something which they cannot take on and according to the iraqi Prime Minister only way forward is for foreign troops to leave this is something that he made clear not just to his parliament but also to the u. S. Ambassador and according to the handout we were given by the Prime Ministers office to the secretary of state as well where he us that United States should send a delegation so that the mechanism of the draw can be worked out and according to the secular state that is not something that we will be discussing so it goes to show that an important ally who has been to in the case of iraq has been. Defeated an invasion from the United States essentially voted for the United States to leave in 2011 is asking the United States to leave again but the u. S. Is adamant that it is not going to do so it is interesting that he mentioned in my pump a 0 that he is going to be talking about how to expand and further involve other parties to discomfit in iraq and to further the fight against isis and he has spoken to his canadian counterpart as well. Where the United States president has been criticizing need to on one hand is also hinted at why did you need to rule as if there is a possibility of reducing u. S. Troops in iraq again well wait and see until saturday morning when Iraqs Parliament reconvenes whether its going to discuss that or not ok asama thank you for that update from baghdad well heres how the numbers break down there are nearly 6000 u. S. Troops operating between western iraq and Northern Syria at the time of the u. S. Invasion in 2003 there were a least one 170000 american troops deployed in iraq by 2007 they began withdrawing us president george w. Bush faced criticism at home on coals to bring the troops home in december 20th levon the last u. S. Troops left under an agreement with the Iraqi Government but just 5 years later and 2016 at least 5000 troops are once again deployed to fight against i so it seems a key is an attorney in the former chief of communications for the mission of iraq to the United Nations she says theres a lot of posturing from both sides but its unlikely that american troops will leave iraq. There is the United States claiming victory there is iran claiming victory and then theres iraq which is trying to maintain its sovereignty but also some face in front of the in front of the iraqi people i believe that the u. S. Obviously its very hard to know whats going to happen right now because things are moving very quickly but the of Us Government is likely to stay in iraq when they pulled out in 2011 it only took a few years for isis to take over the 2nd largest city in iraq and that was a disaster not just for the iraqis but also for the u. S. And iran so we do need u. S. Presence as americans in iraq and so did the iraqi people so what were probably going to see now is a little bit more posturing from the people of iraq a little bit more. Rhetoric to appease the iranian government which is so so heavily overseeing the Iraqi Government but overall ultimately the u. S. Government cannot afford to pull out of iraq and it cannot afford to hand over to iran. All right well lets take a closer look at the new sanctions against iran we were telling you about a moment ago so President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order authorizing sanctions against individuals who do business with or help specific Industries Like construction manufacturing textile and mining the sanctions also target 17 metal and Mining Companies an industry the u. S. Says generates billions of dollars a year for the country and 8 Senior Iranian officials are also on the list washington accuses them of being involved in tuesdays strikes on 2 military bases in iraq among them are the National Security council head as well as the best seeds in Resistance Forces richard nephew is a Senior Research scholar at the center on Global Energy policy at Columbia University he was the lead sanctions expert for the u. S. Team negotiating with iran hes joining us via skype from new york thanks for your time with us on the aljazeera news hour whats your reaction to these latest sanctions announced by u. S. Officials on iran well i think the sanctions that were announced today are predictable the kinds of sectors that the United States previously subject to sanctions you maybe textiles particular. Mostly theyre not going to add a whole lot to the pressure that space you know United States is worried sanctions action against irans biggest emitters history specially move beals so forth as those designated dozens of Iranian Companies bagels and so particular solutions are going to have some impact but its going to be pretty mild compared to the measures that are already in place and when you say theyre going to have some impacts what impact do you think theyll actually have. Well i think that if there were any companies that were still doing business with iran for instance where you know joint venture consumer goods manufactured or doing. Projects with iran im textiles for instance or or so early the Construction Services industry those kinds of contracts and business contacts are going to and. So that will have an effect on their ability to do business they secretary of the treasury as well the secretary of state during that press conference they gave a short while ago were quite adamant about sanctions on iran have been effective i mean do you think that sanctions have so far been effective on iran or what does the u. S. Is also my goal with these new sanctions as well as the previous ones that theyve announced i think if we measure effectiveness i do they do damage to the iranian economy the answer ask to be unequivocal yes you know sanctions of those against iran because the iranian economy but thats not actually the real measure of effectiveness of sanctions through measure is that they actually made us closer to realize your objective which this administration has said is negotiating a new nuclear as well as regional a group there with iran and there are we could be further away your rights and they clearly have no intention to go shooting the pressure that theyre under and that in fact things are getting worse in the nuclear in the regional side so i would say there are a factor this in terms of damage as be considerable their effectiveness in terms of actually achieving the goals set out by the trumpet ministration has been a bit great so a lot of people kind of scratching their head and laundry well if sanctions as youre saying havent made the iranian government waiver in any way so then why is it that the u. S. Continues to think that more sanctions were well worth. Well i think part of it comes from an inertia the fact that this is the tool that weve been using so you continue to use youve got part of it comes from the fact that sanctions do take a long time to work and so there may be an expectation that while they may not have achieved their mission to date if we wait another couple of weeks and months and the pressure builds then that will change raju governme