Analyst: Iranian leadership’s public appearance

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00:00Trump revealed the U.S. will be holding talks with Iran next week.

00:05Are we likely to see these discussions happen after the Supreme Leader said they would never surrender,

00:12repeating that message again?

00:14And also after his comments today, would the U.S. still be keen to hold these talks?

00:20Again, the Iranian leaders have to make a lot of statements right now for domestic political purposes.

00:25Their leash on power is rather weak.

00:27They've had over 30 generals killed by Israel.

00:31They've had a number of the regime security apparatus headquarters destroyed.

00:36And so they are trying to project strength.

00:38But at the same time, they're going to say other things in private.

00:43The Iranian leadership has a decision to make right now.

00:45They double down on the nuclear program and divert spending resources and strategic capital on that program.

00:55Or do they choose to advance their foreign policy by proxies, by terrorism and sort of more conventional forces?

01:02That's a strategic question, which I don't think the answer is clear right now.

01:06And the United States is going to want Iran to give up that nuclear program.

01:10And if they don't, Israel is going to be free to come back and destroy Iran's nuclear program time and time and time again.