00:00Yeah, well, I think the president, obviously, he's making good use of the regional allies,
00:06but he's also trying to sort of stir up internal competition, if you would put it that way, within the
00:14regime.
00:15So sitting here in Islamabad, for example, and we hear that, you know,
00:21the city could host the talks later this week if they go through,
00:28we're hearing things like, who's coming really from Tehran?
00:32So, and we hear also things like, the Iranians are worried about sending the senior most person.
00:39They know that their entire leadership of the regime has been, you know, decimated.
00:44They don't want to take a risk and send somebody who's important for the regime to run things inside Iran,
00:51and that person gets exposed, so to speak.
00:54So we hear things like that as well.
00:57So it's interesting how President Trump is really trying to stir the pot, so to speak,
01:05inside Iran, within the regime itself, and see who is willing really to step up,
01:11who is really willing to maybe seize power and be the next leader of Iran.
01:16And, you know, there's an ample experience.
01:19We've seen what happened.
01:20And I recall back in the 1990s, early 1990s in Iraq, there were people inside the regime of Saddam Hussein
01:29who wanted to step up.
01:31There were people inside Syria who wanted to do the same.
01:34So I think there's an element of, you know, of President Trump very smartly stirring the pot inside Iran to
01:44see exactly who's willing to step up.
01:47And obviously the regional allies are helping a lot.
01:50Let's not forget that Azerbaijan, Turkey, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, others have tremendous intelligence about the going,
01:59what happens or what's happening really inside Iran.
02:03There are cultural connections.
02:06There are ethnic connections.
02:07There are people who are, you know, who have families on both sides in Dubai and in Tehran and in
02:14Pakistan and Iraq and Turkey and Azerbaijan.
02:17So there's a lot at play, I would say, that is not really making it into the, you know, print
02:24version of New York Times or on CNN, for example.
02:27So a lot is at play.
02:29Let's see what happens.
02:30One of the things that I'm watching, for example, honestly, is who's going to come from Tehran to Islamabad to
02:37meet the American delegation?
02:38Because that person would either be somebody who has a future to rule, you know, Iran and be the next
02:45face of the regime.
02:47Or, you know, it would tell us something about, you know, what's happening in the power struggle in Tehran itself.
02:53Okay.
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