Dr. Janice Stein

So they bring their A-team to the table.

But what is going on, Peter, among the Iranian delegation that we probably haven't paid enough attention to, that's only obvious when some of the Iranians started to talk just a little bit after the negotiations two weeks ago.

There's fierce political infighting going on inside Iran now.

Let's set the scene.

40 senior leaders killed.

This is only the second time in Iran's history that they've... The first one was, you know, 40 years ago when Khamenei replaced the original Supreme Leader Khamenei.

It's been 40 years.

His son, Mustafa Khamenei, is by all accounts injured.

We don't know how badly.

Has not been seen in public.

So what's going on?

A fierce fight between so-called moderates, names that may now be familiar to people, Ghalibaf, the Speaker of the Parliament,

Others who, even before the delegation went to Islamabad two weeks ago, were in a fight with the Revolutionary Guards about people they wanted on the delegation.

And Ghalibaf resisted fiercely because he knew that they were hardliners and that he and Aragshi, the foreign minister, would not be able to make concessions.

if the hardliner element of the Revolutionary Guards were in the room.

Well, that story is out somehow, and one of the terms that the Trump administration laid down this time was, we're going back to the table only if the people in the room have the authority to

to make an agreement if one is reached, which is the giveaway that there was this kind of infighting going on inside.

So anybody who thinks this regime in Iran right now is solid,

Free of infighting.

There are no factions.