IED.
THE TALIBAN HAS CLAIMED
RESPONSIBILITY.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
POINTING TO THE PROTEST AS
PROOF THAT THE PEOPLE ARE
READY FOR MORE ACCOUNTABILITY
FROM THEIR GOVERNMENT.
WITH THE INDEPENDENT RESEARCH
GRANT.
THE PEOPLE OF IRAN PROTESTING
IN THE STREETS.
THEY ARE DOWN WITH THE
DICTATOR.
THEY ARE REFUSED TO WALK ON.
IS THIS THE BEGINNING OF A
CHANGE AND IF IT IS WHERE IS
THIS ALL HEADING WITH THE
POTENTIAL OUTCOME.
THEY HAVE LOST 82 OF THEIR OWN
CITIZENS.
TO MY MIND THE MAXIMUM
PRESSURE STRATEGY RIGHT NOW
INCLUDES DIPLOMACY.
I THINK THESE PROTESTS ARE
SORT OF THE FORCED PART OF
THAT MAXIMUM PRESSURE
STRATEGY.
AND THEY COULD HAVE AN
IMPACT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS TWEETING
SUPPORT FOR THE PROTESTERS.
WHAT IS THE WORLD REACTION TO
HIS DIRECT MESSAGE TO THE
PEOPLE OF IRAN AND MORE
IMPORTANTLY HOW WILL THE
LEADERS OF IRAN REACT TO THIS
DIRECT MESSAGING.
THERE IS A DIRECT MESSAGE
REMINDING IRAN THAT THE U.S.
IS WANTING WITH INTELLIGENCE
AND SURVEILLANCE.
THEY WANT TO SEE THAT THE
IRANIAN MILITARY IS STILL IN
THE STANDDOWN MODE FROM LAST
WEEK AND NOT ESCALATING AGAIN
TO THE CRISIS.
THE INTERNATIONAL REACTION WE
HAVE SEEN BRITAIN FRANCE IN
GERMANY PUT OUT A FRESH CALL.
TO GET BACK INTO COMPLIANCE
WITH THE NUCLEAR DEAL.
THAT IS A VERY POSITIVE SIGN.
DOES THE U.S. AND HAVE A SOLID
STRATEGY CONCERNING IRAN
BECAUSE AS YOU SAID BY MOST
ACCOUNTS OF PEOPLE IN THE NOW
AND PEOPLE WITH AUTHORITY AND
EXPERTISE FIGURED THAT IRAN
WON'T REALLY ESCALATE AND THEY
ARE GOING TO STAND DOWN AS
THEY HAVE NOW.
THEY DON'T WANT A WAR.
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID HE DOES
NOT WANT WAR.
THEY ARE KEEPING MILITARY
PRESSURE ON AND TO CONTAIN
IRAN.
THE SIZE OF THAT.
THERE IS A LOT GOING ON IN THE
BACKGROUND.
WE SAW THIS MORNING THAT THE
SECRETARY OF TREASURY STEVEN
MNUCHIN SAID HE IS WORKING
WITH THE CHINESE DELEGATION TO
A STRANGLE OFF THAT LAST
LITTLE BIT OF OIL SALES.
THEY ARE STILL BUYING THE OIL
FROM IRAN.
ALTHOUGH THEY ALSO POINTED
OUT.
70% BUT IT IS STILL A SMALL
AMOUNT.
LET ME GO HERE IF THE
PROTESTERS ARE CALLING FOR
REGIME CHANGE.
IS THIS AN ON-RAMP FOR THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
IN IRANIAN LEADERSHIP.
OR PERHAPS SQUEEZE THEM OUT.
I THINK THE PATH THAT THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION REALLY
WANTS.
IT IS FOR IS FOR IRAN TO COME
TO THE TABLE AND TELL ABOUT
THAT NUCLEAR DEAL.
INTO PUT AN END TO THE
TERRORISM.
THE ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN
PRETTY CLEAR ABOUT NOT WANTING
REGIME CHANGE MEANING GETTING
RID OF THAT GOVERNMENT.
THEY WANTED TO CHANGE THEIR
WAYS.
LET'S LISTEN TO THIS AND WE
WILL TALK ABOUT IT.
WE WANT TO SIT DOWN AND
DISCUSS A NEW WAY FORWARD.
A SERIES OF STEPS BY WHICH IN
IRAN BECOMES A MORE NORMAL
COUNTRY.
IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO THE
PROTESTERS IN THE STREET.
IS THERE A LIVE -- ALIGNED
THAT THEY WON'T MEET.
WE ARE WILLING TO SPEAK TO THE
IRANIAN GOVERNMENT.
ARE THEY WILLING TO RETURN TO
THAT NEGOTIATING TABLE OR IS
DIPLOMACY DEAD OR AT LEAST
DORMANT.
THEY CAME SO CLOSE THAT DOOR
IS STILL OPEN.
AS FOR SECRETARY POMPEO AND
THE WHITE HOUSE ALL WE HAVE
CONFIRMED NO PRE- CAN
DISTANCE.
THEY WILL EVEN LET THEM GIVE
THEM IMMEDIATE CASH RELIEF IF
THEY START NEGOTIATIONS.
CLEARLY THE WHOLE U.S.
ADMINISTRATION TRYING TO POINT
I RAN INTO JUST COMING TO THE
TABLE.
JUST COME TO THE TABLE.
THEY SPONSOR MULTIPLE TERROR
GROUPS.
HOW MUCH THEY MIGHT BE
PROCESSING.
AND THE OLIVE BRANCH TO GET
BACK TO THE NEGOTIATING
TABLE.
IT'S HANDED OVER BY THE U.S.
IT WAS THE ISLAMIC
REVOLUTIONARY GUARD.
WE KNOW IRAN STILL HAS A LOT
OF INTERNAL CAPACITY TO
SUPPRESS PROTEST AND THEY HAVE
TRAINED SO MANY IRAQIS IN THE
PARA- MILITARY FORCES THE HAVE
OF THE SINK IS DEAD.
WE WANT TO SEE IRAN CONTINUE
AND THAT DE- ESCALATED STANDUP
POSTURE.
WE WANT TO SEE THEM GETTING
READY TO TALK AS THEY CRACK
UNDER THE FINANCIAL PRESSURE.
I THINK SOON BUT SOON MAY BE A
LITTLE WHILE.
I THINK THERE WILL BE SOME
BACK CHANNEL TALK TO BE FAIRLY
CERTAIN.
AT THE TIME IS REALLY RIGHT
FOR THEM TO DO THAT.