economy doing and when are they most likely to have elections and what has happened to the revolutionary movement to de stabilize or overthrow the government? >> first on the economy, the sanctions are having an effect. at the same time, while the u.s. enforces sanctions on american businesses that could do business with iran, other countries are talking the talk and not walking the walk. for example, you hear chancellor america ameri america -- chancellor merkle talk about crippling sanctions but they increased .4%. >> wait a second. >> solid front. >> you say germans are actually upping their investment in iran right now? >> in the first quarter of 2010, german investment in iran increased 15%. >> did chirac slip over the border? is he running germany now? >> this is the dissidence