I'm John Batchel. I welcome my colleague friend Bill Rajo, Senior fellow for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies,

my co-host, and we welcome Bill's colleague, Jonathan Sayah, of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy,

a man who can help us understand Tehran, he's lived there, and he sees very clearly how the Iranian people

are surviving under the ferocious attack

launched by the United States and Israel against the Islamic Republic of Iran

and the regime elements that have been responsible for mass deaths these many years,

especially this year.

But the bombardment is not leading to victory

or an end of the bombardment. It continues. And we're now living under the threat of the President

of the United States, increasing the bombardment, this time towards so-called infrastructure.

And there's no limitation about whether it's for the IRGC or for a town

or village, the infrastructure that would be water and electricity to begin with. Also, the question

of roads and bridges, all of that is vital for millions of people to live together and function food security, medical

security.

So, Jonathan, my first question to you is these bombardments so far are they understood

to be aimed at the regime military elements and not the civilian infrastructure and that the threat of

infrastructure right now is ambiguous.

But my concern would be about those who are not part of the military, the families, the children,

the elderly, those in the hospital.

Do you perceive that the threat is directed at them and are they responding in a similar fashion? Is there a new sense of alarm

in Tehran? Good day to you, Jonathan. Good day to you. There is certainly a threat posed

at Iranian residents, civilians, but not from the U.S. and Israeli strikes

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