I'm John Batchfrey. I welcome my colleague and friend Gregory Copley, Defense and Foreign Affairs.

We look immediately to Iran. What we know for certain is that there's a very large air fleet and naval fleet by the United States gathered around Iranian airspace. What we know for certain is that the president is making it very clear that Iran must deliver

on promises, that the talk is inadequate. What we know for certain is that right now the

Iranian regime is abusing its own people to the extent that we do not have a good number

for how many are dead, how many are

wounded, how many are threatened. It's in the tens of thousands, certainly. The executions continue.

The information is incomplete coming out of Iran because the Internet's down, the phones are down.

There is some communication, not much. What we know for certain is that right now, Iran,

part of the axis of resistance is isolated. Russia is not speaking. Beijing's not speaking much,

and there's nothing to be done except for wait out what comes next, which may be a conflict, may also be a surrender.

The whole region is alarmed, however, because Iran makes threats, irrational threats of revenge

or vengeance. So there are plans for evacuations, there are plans for day after a catastrophe.

That's what we know for certain. Everything else?

Gregory, I turn to you because right now the Islamic Republic looks to have run out of time.

The deliverables, I'm told, are sizable. Hezbollah disarmed. Houthis disarmed. Iranian regime

disarmed. The regime disarmed.

The support for the Muslim brothers and other bad actors disarmed.

And they must be guaranteed, not promised.

Those seem beyond acceptable to the regime, but there's one more.

The Islamic regime must disarm itself. No more Islamic regime moved towards democracy.

These are deliverables in the conversation, I'm told. But at this point, does an attack solve

anything, Gregory? What's to achieve? Good evening to you. Good evening, John. Well, the United

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