the iranians are kind of a proxy to the conflict in ukraine. there s been a lot more aggressive military action being taken in the proxy war between israel and iran. and so yes, i think they re squeezed economically, and also i think there s a very real risk of military escalation. we ve seen some escalatory actions in the straits of hormuz, in the persian gulf, where the iranians have ships and the u.s. has sent assets and indicated we might be stationing marines. the temperatures are up. my hope is that part of the temperature going up and these other areas is prefacing a deescalation through some kind of nuclear arrangement that might freeze that iranian program. but here importantly that we get these americans out of iran, into the arms of their families as soon as possible. and i spoke with one of the prisoners daughters in september. listen to what his daughter hannah told me. it s been terrible being without our father, not knowing
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