This is CBSI and the world. I'm John Batchel. Bill Rajo, Foundation for Defense of Democracy, senior fellow is my colleague and co-host, and we're very, very pleased and privileged to welcome our eyes on Iran, Jonathan Saya of FDD, watching the statements out of Tehran, but also this headline from the New York Times.

This is an article by Stephen Erlanger, who has written about Iran for many years, a distinguished

foreign policy reporter for the Times. I've talked to him many times over the years.

The dangerous stalemate over Iran's nuclear program, subhead, with no negotiations,

no oversight, no clarity about Iran's stock of nuclear material, many in the region fear

another war with Israel is inevitable. Jonathan, a very good evening to you. This is discouraging, but at the same time, it looks based on evidence.

You hear the same thing that the war is inevitable, that none of the issues that started

the first round have been resolved.

Good evening to you.

Good evening to you.

How you describe the situation is really how the Iranians and

Israelis see it. On one hand, Iranians think they were able to an extent absorb a war,

but they think they were a bit humiliated. So they would like another round where they can

actually establish deterrence against Israel, unlike they did last

time, Israelis on the other hand are of the opinion that Iran's nuclear program is still not

fully destroyed in a sense that the uranium stockpile is there. But the Supreme Leader

pointed at this a few months back when he said, we are in a position of no peace and no war. And that is what he

described as dangerous for inside the country. It would contribute to the lack of morale internally

when people don't know if another war is inevitable, but they know for a fact there's no peace

either. So this stalemate, as you described it very accurately, is having a more psychological

effect on the average Iranian and regime

supporters. Bill, you have a question for Jonathan. Hello, John. According to the New York

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