This is CBSI in the world. I'm John Bachelor. The Islamic Republic of Iran, a suspect nuclear

weapons program, its ballistic missile program, its

its predators throughout the Middle East, Hamas, Hezbollah,

the Houthis, the Khatib Hezbollah of Iraq, all of that comes down to a negotiation between the

Biden administration and the mullahs in Tehran about what is to be done

about all of the above and I welcome Richard Goldberg

senior advisor at the Foundation for Defensive democracies who served as

the National Security Council and also in this Senate as a senior aide.

Been working on these matters for many years, certainly before the 2015 deal between

the Obama administration and the mullahs and now we have the vice president

of that administration looking for a deal. Yes, looking for a deal. Even after these months of

horror in Gaza, looking for a deal with the driver of Hamas and

other bad actors.

Rich, a very good day to you, thank you for this.

I want to be specific about what it is that the Biden administration believes is the goal

for negotiations with the mullahs.

And in this instance it involves $ ten billion dollars how does it go what

is the formula rich could date you.

Hey John what we've seen now over the last year or so I really started in earnest

last May.

And of course this is an extension of a three and a half year policy at this point

pursuing a return to that old 2015 nuclear deal or replacing it with something like it, especially

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