The US drone strike on Iran’s most influential general could transform the Middle East. Middle east correspondent Martin Chulov looks at what comes next. Plus: Catherine Shoard on the Golden Globes

Millions of Iranians led by a weeping Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are mourning the death of Qassem Suleimani, the country’s most powerful general, killed last Friday in a US drone strike. The threats of revenge and recriminations have been issuing from Tehran as the world watches to see how Iran will respond.

Middle East correspondent Martin Chulov tells Anushka Asthana why it is a highly dangerous moment for the region and how any escalation could quickly spiral out of control. He describes the importance of Suleimani to the Iranian regime and what his death will mean for the fight against Islamic State, the nuclear weapons deal with Iran, the war in Syria, stability in Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East.

Also today: Catherine Shoard on the Golden Globes.

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