>> Sreenivasan: GOOD EVENING AND

THANKS FOR JOINING US

WE SEE THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT

REPERCUSSIONS TONIGHT AFTER THE

KILLING OF IRAN'S TOP GENERAL

THIS WEEK.

IRAN ANNOUNCED IT WILL NO LONGER

ABIDE BY ANY LIMITS SET IN THE

2015 NUCLEAR DEAL.

ON STATE-RUN TV, THE GOVERNMENT

SAID IT WOULD NO LONGER LIMIT

ITS ENRICHMENT OF URANIUM.

THE DRONE ATTACK ALSO KILLED AN

IRAQI MILITIA LEADER, AND THE

IRAQI PARLIAMENT APPROVED A NON-

BINDING RESOLUTION TO EXPEL ALL

FOREIGN FORCES FROM THE COUNTRY.

IN THE SPECIAL SESSION, A

MAJORITY OF IRAQI LAWMAKERS

PRESENT VOTED IN FAVOR BUT MANY

SUNNI AND KURDISH MEMBERS DID

NOT ATTEND.

CARETAKER PRIME MINISTER ADEL

ABDUL MAHDI, WHO RESIGNED LAST

MONTH, TOLD LAWMAKERS "URGENT

MEASURES" SHOULD BE TAKEN TO

REMOVE FOREIGN TROOPS.

ABOUT 5,000 U.S. TROOPS REMAIN

IN IRAQ.

TODAY THE U.S.-LED MILITARY

COALITION COMBATING ISIS IN IRAQ

AND SYRIA ANNOUNCED THAT IT HAS

PAUSED ITS TRAINING MISSION IN

IRAQ AND IS NOW FOCUSED ON

PROTECTING ITS BASES FROM

ATTACK.

IN A STRING OF TWEETS LAST

NIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP

THREATENED RETALIATION IF IRAN

STRIKES BACK AT AMERICAN

TARGETS, SAYING, "WE HAVE

TARGETED 52 IRANIAN SITES...

SOME AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL AND

IMPORTANT TO IRAN AND THE

IRANIAN CULTURE."

ON ALL FIVE SUNDAY MORNING

POLITICAL TALK SHOWS, SECRETARY

OF STATE MIKE POMPEO, DEFLECTED

QUESTIONS OF WHETHER TARGETING

CULTURAL SITES VIOLATES

INTERNATIONAL LAW.

HE SAID THE U.S. WILL ACT

"LAWFULLY" AND DEFENDED THE

PRESIDENT'S THREAT TO STRIKE

TARGETS INSIDE IRAN.

>> IRANIAN LEADERSHIP NEEDS TO

UNDERSTAND THAT ATTACKING

AMERICANS IS NOT COST FREE.

SETTING OUT CONDITIONS THAT SAY

THESE ARE OUR EXPECTATIONS,

THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT

AMERICA IS EXPECTING FROM YOU

AND IF YOU DON'T DO THEM, THE

COST WILL BE CLEAR AND-- AND

DIRECT.

>> Sreenivasan: IN THE HOLY

SHIITE CITY OF MASHHAD, IRAN,

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF

MOURNERS TURNED OUT TO PAY

TRIBUTE TO GENERAL QASSEM

SOLEIMANI, WHOSE REMAINS WERE

FLOWN TO HIS HOME COUNTRY THIS

MORNING.

AND AT A RALLY IN LEBANON TODAY,

THE LEADER OF THE IRANIAN-BACKED

GROUP HEZBOLLAH SAID THE U.S.

MILITARY WILL "PAY THE PRICE"

FOR SOLEIMANI'S DEATH.

NEWSHOUR WEEKEND SPECIAL

CORRESPONDENT JANE FERGUSON HAS

MORE FROM BEIRUT.

>> Reporter: FURIOUS CHANTS

BEGAN IMMEDIATELY AS HEZBOLLAH

MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS GATHERED

SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO HEAR FUNERAL

PRAYERS FOR IRANIAN GENERAL

QASSIM SULEIMANI.

IN THE MIDST OF A PACKED HALL IN

THE LEBANESE MILITANT'S GROUPS'

STRONGHOLD OF SOUTHERN BEIRUT,

SUPPORTERS WERE STILL IN SHOCK.

THESE PEOPLE HAVE SEEN LEADERS

KILLED BY AMERICAN AND ISRAELI

STRIKES BEFORE, BUT NEVER ONE SO

SENIOR-- OR SO ADORED.

MOHAMMED DIDN'T WISH TO GIVE HIS

FULL NAME.

>> ( translated ): DID AMERICA

TELL US IT WAS GOING TO KILL

SULEIMANI?

IT DIDN'T, IT JUST KILLED HIM.

WE WILL ANSWER AMIDST SILENCE,

NO ONE WILL KNOW WHERE OR WHEN

WE WILL RESPOND.

NOBODY WILL KNOW.

>> Reporter: IT'S HARD TO

OVERSTATE JUST HOW ANGRY THE

CROWDS HERE ARE IN BEIRUT.

"DEATH TO AMERICA" HAS BEEN

RINGING OUT ALL DAY TODAY AND

THESE PEOPLE SAY THAT REVENGE

WILL HAPPEN ACROSS THE REGION.

SULEIMANI WAS-- AND STILL IS--

REVERED HERE.

HE WAS A CLOSE SUPPORTER AND

ADVISOR TO HEZBOLLAH, THE

IRANIAN BACKED ARMED ISLAMIST

GROUP IN LEBANON.

THE GROUP'S LEADER, HASSAN

NASRALLAH, WAS THE LAST LEADER

SULEIMAN HAD BEEN TO SEE BEFORE

FLYING TO BAGHDAD WHERE HE AND

SHIA MILITIA COMMANDER ABU MAHDI

AL-MUHANDIS WERE ASSASSINATED BY

A U.S. AIR STRIKE ON FRIDAY

NIGHT.

NASRALLAH SPOKE TO HIS FOLLOWERS

VIA TV LINK.

UNLIKE SOLEIMANI, HE IS ALMOST

NEVER SEEN IN PUBLIC, FOR

FEAR OF A SIMILAR STRIKE BY

ISRAEL.

"IF THIS TYPE OF ASSASSINATION

GOES UNPUNISHED THE REGION WILL

BE VIOLATED BY THE AMERICANS AND

THE ISRAELIS," HE TOLD HIS

FOLLOWERS.

OUTSIDE THE HALL, THE

SUPPORTERS OF HEZBOLLAH WATCHED

THE SPEECH IN THE STREET.

MANY HERE SAY SUMEILAMI'S

KILLING WILL ONLY HARDEN THEM

AGAINST AMERICA.

>> ( translated ): TRUMP IS AN

IDIOT, BECAUSE HE HAS NO IDEA

WHAT THE REPERCUSSIONS OF HIS

ACTIONS ARE.

HE THINKS HIS ACTIONS ARE GOING

TO WEAKEN US?

NOT AT ALL.

HE HAS CREATED 1,000

SULEIMANI'S, 1,000 MUHANDIS,

1,000 NASRALLAHS.

HE IS THE ONE THAT HAS LOST, NOT

US.

>> Reporter: HEZBOLLAH IS THE

STRONGEST NON-STATE FIGHTING

FORCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST TODAY--

IRAN'S MOST DEADLY PROXY.

THEY HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR

YEARS IN SYRIA TO PROP UP THE

REGIME, GAINING INVALUABLE

EXPERIENCE ALONGSIDE RUSSIAN

SPECIAL FORCES.

IF THERE IS A WIDER WAR IN THE

REGION, THEN HEZBOLLAH WILL

ALMOST DEFINITELY BE INVOLVED,

MUCH LIKE SULEIMANI WAS HIMSELF.