When you talk to Iranians today out in the streets, Richard, what are they saying to you about their their current government after this war. People are rallying around the government more. Those who are opposed to the government, don't like the government, I'm sure, still don't like the government.But the idea that this military action was suddenly going to bring people out onto the streets and start a popular uprising and lead to a a people's revolt that would change the regime is not happening. There are ...

NBC News chief foreign correspondent Richard Richard Engel has made his way to Tran and filed this report for us. I'm now in one of the biggest boss in South Tran. And the reason I'm here is there is currently a religious festival going on in the city in this country all across the Shia Muslim world to honor and mourn a Shia martyr who was killed 1400 years ago.And this year it has a a special resonance because of the recent war between Israel and Iran. In fact, these are some of the nuclear scientists who ...

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Now that Iran attacked the US military base in Qatar, what comes next for the Middle East. Well, joining us now is Richard Hos, president emeritus at the Council on Foreign Relations. He's also a senior counselor with Centerview Partners.Richard, it's great to have you back on the show. Welcome. I'm going to ask you the same question I just asked Mark Esper, and that is this attack, which seems to be pretty limited and pretty well intercepted uh on Aluded in Qatar.Does this now provide an off-ramp rather th ...

Everyone is looking at what the United States did over the weekend with those bunker busting bombs. Everyone is looking right now at what at least at the moment seems to be a symbolic retaliatory attack by Iran. Is that or could that potentially be the end of this. Well, it could be the end of it, except that Israel hasn't said it's the end of it.And there may be 400 to 600 kilograms of highly enriched uranium on the loose inside Iran. So if it is the end of it, it could be the you could call it the kick th ...

Anybody saying they know exactly what's going on with the Iranian nuclear program right now is probably delusional. I think there are massive uncertainties uh in the status of that program. I think the only real certainty we have is that the Iranian regime uh wants to have a nuclear weapon and certainly wants to have one now. And the only way to get to a place as President Trump noted in his in his truth that is to have a new Iranian regime. So, I think anyone who tells you this isn't about regime change is ...

RUSI director general Rachel Ellehuus tells Francine Lacqua Iran is "making calculations about how any retaliation plays on their economy and regime survival" following US strikes on its nuclear facilities over the weekend. ...