For perspective on today's talks and President Trump's handling of Iran, we get now two views.

Alan Eyre had a four-decade career in U.S. government, including in the Foreign Service, focusing on Iran.

He was part of the Obama administration's team that negotiated the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or JCPOA agreement with Iran.

He's now at the Middle East Institute. And retired

Colonel Joel Rayburn had a 26-year career in the Army. During the first Trump administration,

he was on the National Security Council staff focusing on Iran in the Middle East. He's now a senior

fellow at the Hudson Institute. Welcome to you both, gentlemen. Thanks for being here.

As we have a... Alan, I'll begin with you. Just give us your assessment of how the talks have gone so far,

and also your assessment of how President Trump has been handling this approach,

dealing with Iran, demanding it gives up its nuclear program, assembling a massive military force,

and threatening strikes if there's no deal.

I think that, again, based on what we heard today, there has been

progress. And I think if there were enough time given to the process, there could, in fact,

be a nuclear agreement between Iran and the United States. They made progress, but there's still

key red lines. The problem is you have all that military hardware in the Persian Gulf and nearby,

and you can't keep that there indefinitely. So, I mean, the most salient fact of all of this is that the red lines for either side have not really shifted,

not just since last year's 12-year war, but since the beginning of the negotiations

between the Trump administration and the Iranians.

So we can reach an agreement, but it depends on whether we're willing to allow indigenous

enrichment in Iran.

In terms of how President Trump is handling it, it's all a question of whether he wants

to give enough time to the Sioux sides to negotiate

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