I'm John Batchler. I welcome my colleague of many decades.

Malcolm a online Conference of President's

Major American and Jewish Organizations, Iran, much in the news, negotiating with the United

States. And yet, Malcolm, a very good evening to you. Iran remains extremely venomous.

And there's no reason to believe it's looking to accommodate anyone in particular as it rebuilds.

Your measure of Iran and the Islamic Republic of Iran's IRGC, are they at this point dangerous in what direction?

Are they at risk of firing another barrage of ballistic missiles at Israel?

Are they at risk of closing down the

state of Hormuz personally, I mean, individually and collectively? What is your measure right

now, Malcolm, at this point of the war? Good evening. Good evening. And it's good to be with you.

It's a very good question because nobody really knows the answer to that, because nobody knows who's really in charge.

Is Mushdaba, the son of the Supreme Leader and supposedly new Supreme Leader really alive and well and functioning and giving orders?

Things come from him signed allegedly by him, but there's no proof.

He has not been seen.

There's been no evidence of his

involvement. What is clear is the IRGC is running the show right now. And, you know, this is taking on

a great deal of significance, both for domestic politics in the region and far beyond the region.

Right now, Iran's interest is in buying time. They're looking to show the world that they

are interested in negotiations, even though we know they're not. And we know that this war,

which began in 1979, when Khomeini took over, and the war,

and when they assumed also they occupied the American embassy, if you remember,

and that was really sovereign U.S. territory and the war against Israel, which began in 79, but really in Ernst in

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