All right, Alexander, let's talk about what is happening in Iran.

And it looks like the Iranians have used the summer to get closer to, well, get closer to Russia, at least from a military preparation standpoint.

And they definitely seem to be having many meetings,

military officials from Iran, seem to be having various meetings with military personnel

officials in Russia, most likely in order to build up their defenses and to work with the

Russians to build up their defenses in anticipation

of another round of conflicts with Israel and the United States.

What are your thoughts on this?

Well, I think that's absolutely right.

Now, because there's been so much focus on the Ukraine situation over the last few weeks,

the attention has shifted away from Iran, and I think

that's probably a mistake because the Iranians have been saying quite openly, Pezestrian, for

example, has been saying quite openly that they do expect the fighting, the conflict between themselves

and Israel to resume fairly soon.

And they've been talking, I mean, they've been sort of signaling that it might even happen this year.

So they are taking steps to prepare for that.

They end of meeting with the IAEA,

which they again made it absolutely clear to the IAEA

that they are not welcoming in Iran

and that they cannot from now on examine Iranian nuclear facilities.

They recommitted themselves to their enrichment program,

and they seem to be taking other steps as well. So firstly, they have carried out a major

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