institute of oriental studies of the russian academy of sciences, doctor of historical sciences boris dolgov, he joins live to us. boris vasilyevich, hello. hello, boris vasilyevich, the first question is, should we assume that a large-scale strike by iran on israel will actually happen, or the diplomatic efforts that are now... opposing israel, they continue, and iran promised to strike, since these pinpoint strikes really knocked out a fairly large number of prominent figures and military political figures from the iranian leadership, but as for such a powerful strike on israeli territory, which would exceed all previous strikes from iran, it is hardly worth expecting, since and... naturally, after such a strike there will be losses among the civilian population of israel, and this will be a strike that both israel and the united states will have to respond to, so this will lead to the involvement of the united states in a direct military clash with iran, and this is not in the interests of either iran or the united states, so in my opinion, such a powerful strike on israel from iran, whic