This is a preemptive attack according to the Israelis themselves. It is not a preemptive attack. In reality, it is a preventive attack. It is unlawful. There was no attack by the Iranians. There was no imminence of the Iranians weaponizing. No one is saying that. There's no intelligence service that is saying that except the Israeli. The IA is disputing it. The U.S. intelligence is disputing.

So there's absolutely no reason whatsoever, even a false reason, to be able to say that this

is an active self-defense. But that is what every European statement is starting off with.

Welcome everybody and welcome back to another episode of the Maghtasy Street podcast.

This is a kind of a short episode, given what's going on in the region, and in particular,

the Israeli war on Iran, and now this, you know, this, what seems to be this expanding war,

and we're sitting on the cusp of a possible American intervention,

or renewed or extended, extensive American intervention in this war. And we are really happy to

have with us to join us again, Mr. Treata Parsi, who's the executive vice president of the Quincy Institute

in the United States. He's an award-winning author.

He's written extensively, in particular on US foreign policy in the region,

but also on Israeli-Iranian relations.

So he's really the best person to try to understand what's going on today.

But before we get into the analysis, Tweeta,

we know that you were born in Iran and you

have family there.

So could you just tell us, you know, how things are for you and a kind of personal level?

Thank you.

Thank you, Karim and Osama.

It's obviously tremendously good to be with you guys.

These are difficult times, of course, and I shouldn't

tell you, mindful of what has happened in Gaza and Lebanon. And this is unfortunately probably

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