This is CVSI on the world. I'm John Bachelor. I welcome Ben and Ben Telubo Senior

Fellow Foundation for the Defense of democracies to comment on what we know and

what we want to know and what is unknown about the threat issued by the

Ayatollah of the Islamic Republic of Iran against Israel over the grave site of a man

named Hania who was completely associated with the mass murder of October 7th,

2023, an enemy of civilization.

The Ayatollah said directly that Iran

will attack Israel directly. What does that look like? Why did he do it?

And I note that since then all eyes are watching the skies, but that am a very good evening to you.

To my experience with the Ayatollah these last decades, I do not recall him issuing a threat that wasn't acted upon, but I also don't recall him issuing a threat so exactly detailed about what he's going to do, revenge on Israel, in a war fighting situation in which

Iran has practiced what you'd have to say distancing from the conflict. We know

that it's the author of The Ring of Fire. We know that

Hamas and Iran have consulted. They've admitted as much now with the rise of

Sinwar as the boss of Hamas. We also know that Iran is a supplier of

missiles to Hezbollah, missiles to the Houthis, certainly financial support for all of them,

but a direct threat.

Were you surprised by this? What does it mean?

Good evening to you.

Well, very good evening to John, pleasure to be back with you.

It means that this is still very much a fast moving target.

I think the Ayatollah has everybody right where he wants them, which is talking about

his intentions, being at the center of this entire spectacle.

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