Iran, the US House votes to limit Trump's war powers

• Iran, Trump offers peace. EU in Rohani: "No irreversible acts on nuclear power"
• Iran. The damage to the US base photographed by the satellite
• US-Iranian relaxation, the markets believe it
• Iran retaliates against the US: two bases hit in Iraq
• Iran. US forces on high alert, drone attacks feared
• Iran, the body of General Soleimani has arrived. "If the US does not withdraw it will be more Vietnam"

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The House will vote on a resolution to limit the president's war powers, which cannot be vetoed by Donald Trump: the speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, said on speaking on Capitol Hill. This is the 1973 War Powers Resolution, adopted during the Nixon presidency in fact to avoid a new Vietnam. Dems criticized Trump for not consulting congressional leaders before ordering the January 3 drone airstrike that killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad, Iraq.

It seems, however, that the Dem resolution is facing solid opposition from the Republicans. And it is not clear whether the vote is a step to tie Trump's hands on Iran or more a symbolic gesture of opposition from the Democrats. It is also unlikely that the Senate, in the hands of the Republicans, will approve the text. The Trump administration updated MPs on Wednesday about its actions in Iran: the Dems and at least two Republicans said they were dissatisfied with the briefings. For the Democrats, the administration did not provide sufficient evidence that Soleimani was an imminent threat that justified the US attack.

Pelosi: "Provocative and disproportionate attack on Iran"
"Provocative and disproportionate". This is the definition that Pelosi gave of the attack ordered by the President of the United States. "Last week - said Pelosi - the administration conducted a provocative and disproportionate attack on the plane against Iran, which put Americans at risk. It did so without consulting Congress. You have the responsibility to consult Congress "he added, ideally addressing the American president. The Trump administration, Pelosi reiterated, did not make the country safer by killing Iranian general Qassem Soleimani.

Bolton: resolution on 'War powers' is unconstitutional
The 1973 War Powers Resolution "is unconstitutional. It reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of how the Constitution distributes foreign policy authority between president and Congress. The resolution should be canceled," said John Bolton, the security adviser fired by Donald Trump, who went to the rescue of the president today.

Trump's wrath in a tweet: "President persecution"
US Chamber vote against limiting its powers against Iran Washington (USA), 9 Jan. (LaPresse / AP) - Wrath of Donald Trump against the vote set for today in the US Chamber by Nancy Pelosi to limit the possibility of the President's intervention against Iran. "PERSECUTION OF THE PRESIDENT," tweeted Trump. "I hope all Republicans in the House will vote against Madam Nancy Pelosi's resolution on war powers," wrote the US president. Then he added: "Remember also his haste to get the vote on the Impeachment Hoax. Well, he never sent the articles to the Senate. Just another fraud of the Democrats."

The USA at the UN: "Ready for serious negotiations without pre-conditions"
The United States reports to the United Nations that it is ready for "serious negotiations" with Iran after the tensions between the two countries return. This is what we read in a letter sent to Secretary General Antonio Guterres and to the Security Council. "We are ready for dialogue without preconditions in serious negotiations with Iran, with the aim of preventing international peace and escalation by the Iranian regime from being further endangered," reads the letter from the US ambassador at the UN, Kelly Craft. The letter also states that Washington "has taken some action in exercising its right to self-defense", with reference to the raid in which Soleimani was killed.

Trump offers peace. EU in Rohani: "No irreversible acts on nuclear power"
The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, has asked Iranian President Hassan Rohani to "avoid doing irreversible acts" in contradiction with the nuclear deal. This was stated in a note from the European Council, after a phone call between Michel and Rohani. The President of the European Council reiterated his commitment to "dialogue with all parties to ease tensions" and expressed the hope that "there will be no other attempts to increase tensions in the region" to bring about a de-escalation of the situation in the Middle East. According to the note, Rohani said that the EU "has always played a stabilizing and responsible role in the region and that Iran is ready to continue close cooperation with the EU".

For Iran it can end here
Iran has informed the United Nations that it has implemented "a measured and proportionate military response" to the US airstrike in which Iranian military commander Qassam Soleimani was killed, but that he is not "seeking escalation or war". Iranian ambassador to the UN Majid Takht Ravanchi explained to Secretary General Antonio Guterres that Tehran would "vigorously" respond to "any further military adventurism against the country" and "to any aggression". The Iranian envoy to the United Nations, Majid Takht Ravanchi, then defined the words spoken yesterday evening by the President of the United States, Donald Trump, as "not credible", who declared that he was "ready for peace with all those who wish" . According to the diplomat, who wrote a letter about it addressed to the UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres, the sanctions imposed on Tehran by Washington do not allow the opening of a dialogue between the parties.Ravanchi, according to reports from the agency Iranian official press Irna said that it was the United States that "escalated tensions with Iran" by killing General Qassem Soleimani, leader of the
Al-Quds forces, in Baghdad.

Trump sings victory and offers peace to Iran
The Pentagon: we expect more attacks related to Tehran. The American president: "No victims in the Iranian missile raid against US bases in Iraq. Ready to negotiate, but the Ayatollahs will never have the atomic bomb." Today the US House is voting to limit Trump's war powers.

Soleimani's successor: "We will continue on its path"
The new commander of the Iranian al-Quds Forces, Esmail Ghaani, has announced that he will continue on the path traced by his predecessor, General Qassem Soleimani, killed on Friday in an American air raid in Baghdad. '' We will continue this bright path with strength, '' said Ghaani quoted by the issuer Irib.

Satellite photos
Five areas were hit and destroyed in the Iraqi al-Asad area base by Iranian missiles the other night, in retaliation for the murder of General Qasem Soleimani by the United States: the images taken by the SkySat satellite of the Planet company show it .



Pope Francis: "Conflict should be averted"
The Pope voices his concern over the Iran-US tension. Speaking to the Diplomatic Corps on the occasion of the traditional meeting in the Vatican for the New Year's greetings, he notes: "Particularly worrying are the signals that come from the whole region, following the rise in tension between Iran and the United States and which first of all, they risk putting the slow process of Iraq's reconstruction to the test, as well as creating the basis for a larger-scale conflict that we would all like to avoid. " The Pope, therefore, makes an "appeal that all interested parties avoid an escalation of the clash and keep the flame of dialogue and self-control burning, in full respect of international legality".