00:00Yeah, I mean, from Iran's perspective, its red line has always been the same with its nuclear program. Iran is
00:04at this point not going to agree to anything that involves zero enrichment or lack of enrichment on Iranian soil.
00:12There are real historical reasons for that, which we can get into if we have more time.
00:16But basically for Iran, it's always been a matter of sovereignty and leverage and not giving leverage to foreign powers.
00:23You know, it is not going to back down on that. The idea that it's going to somehow zero enrichment
00:29has always been a nonstarter any time in any American administration has used that as a starting point for negotiations.
00:34So if we're now talking about the Strait of Hormuz instead of the nuclear program, then what that would suggest
00:40is that when we actually do get to start talking about the nuclear program, Iran will go back to its
00:44red line.
00:45The United States, if it's savvy, will not insist on zero enrichment. Of course, if the United States wants a
00:52different kind of outcome with Iran, which is increased hostilities and a continuation of sort of performative leverage, then it
01:02will insist on zero enrichment.
01:03But every time the U.S. has actually got anywhere with Iran, it's had to back down on zero enrichment.
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