this is part of a pattern of dangerous and reckless behavior by the iranian government. one of the principles of international behavior is that our diplomats, we send them around the world and they are going to be protect it. they are not targets for threats or physical violence. and for iran to have been involved in a plot like this indicates the degree to which it has been outside of accepted norms of international behavior for far too long. this is just wanted ample of the series of steps that they ve taken to create violence and to behave in a way that you don t see other countries doing. so with respect to how we respond, our first step is to make sure that we prosecute those individuals that have been named in the indictment and i will leave it to the attorney general the task of describing how that will precede. the second thing we re going to continue to do is to apply the toughest sanctions and continue to mobilize the international community is further and further i