which participants discuss our joint efforts to counter iran's support for hezbollah, for the assad regina for other militant proxies in the region. that working group continues to improve information sharing and cooperation to take joint action targeting iran's support for terrorism and its other destabilizing activities in the region and around the world. in early december and saudi arabia agreed to designate 12 hezbollah officials for terrorism, further disrupting their ability to raise and move funds around the gulf. implementing this agreement successfully will demand that we continue to develop discrete, clear and public responses to miner irene violations of the agreement. my view on this was shape in no small part by advice i got from a dear, long-term friend in new york who told me about his experience decades ago negotiating a complex commercial deal with iranians. after two years of excruciating and detailed back and forth negotiations, he told me they sat at the table to sign their agreement to begin the commercial partnership. and after shaking hands across the table, the late