Tommy Vitor

He was threatening again.

Now there are negotiations going on to stop things from progressing.

So that's where we are.

I want to get into a few pieces of this with you, Ali.

But I mean, how would you describe where things stand now for our listeners?

That's exactly where I am.

Let's start.

I want to get into the deal.

Then I want to get into the regional players.

And then I want to get into kind of the politics of Iran.

I know that's a lot, but I think we can get through it.

On the deal, what we keep hearing...

is familiar to me, actually, Ali, because it was what was in Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech to Congress way back in 2014.

Some of us remember that.

It's no domestic enrichment, so essentially no nuclear program.

It's no ballistic missile program.

And it's no support for proxies.

And I hear that, and I understand why the Iranians would want to negotiate, because they think they could probably drag out negotiations and avoid being bombed.

But I also...

don't see the Supreme Leader of the Iranian leadership accepting those terms.