french, germany, the uk, try to sort of give a positive vision of what they hope can happen to president biden. look, it was the eu's negotiator who sat down with the iran's deputy prime minister just last week and got iran to agree to come back into the talks by the end of november, they said. these sort of proximity-type talks in vienna where the iranians are sitting around the table with everyone else who's still in the jcpoa, the nuclear deal. but the united states is in a separate room, at a separate location, there close by. i think the europeans want to emphasize this can be done. they've been the ones that the iranians go to to say please can you try to, you know, moderate the united states, you know, get some of these sanctions lifted. there is messaging in the joint communique that if sanctions are lifted, gulf allies and partners can get back into business essentially with iran and take up some of the financial slack that's been hit by these sanctions. there's some carrots in there. but i think, you know, the real question is what are the