00:00I think Israeli actions in Lebanon certainly can disrupt the negotiations. But ultimately,
00:07I do think that the negotiations are between the U.S. and Iran. I mean, Iran wants to paint
00:14the U.S. and Israel as one in the same. But the reality is that Israel is doing a lot
00:20of things
00:20that maybe the U.S. does not want. Trump does not want specifically Netanyahu to do. I think
00:26Trump desperately wants to get out of this war. I think Netanyahu wants to escalate the war.
00:31And that's that's kind of in broad strokes, the differences between the two leaders. Now,
00:35it does play to Iran's advantage to say that they're operating from exactly the same sheet of
00:41music. But again, that's that doesn't really track with reality. And I also think that if Iran
00:48becomes increasingly desperate to reach a deal, which, by the way, we haven't really seen yet.
00:54But if that were to happen, if their economy continues to collapse and they feel like they're
01:00under siege militarily and can't can't fight back successfully, then I think you're going to see
01:06them start to distance themselves from from the talking point that Israel is disrupting the
01:12negotiations because they're going to want to get a deal done with the U.S. bilaterally. Right. But as of
01:17as of right now, that's not the case, because Iran actually feels, I think, quite emboldened by the
01:23negotiations.
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