the first one is from you, hossein. just talked about prime minister netanyahu. >> he is the expert. [laughter] >> this comes from a different angle. , especiallyliners the iranian revolutionary guard, have benefited from sanctions. support aultimately conference of agreement that gets rid of sanctions and prevents iran from developing new year weapons? >> no one has benefited from sanctions in iran. guard isutionary really supporting the current negotiations in order to reach sanctions. -- relieve sanctions. i have been at the iranian administration during the time the nuclear crisis came up. we had extensive discussions. , even never heard any radicals, proposing a nuclear bomb. nobody in iran is after a nuclear bomb. very clear religious fatwa. i think iran is the only muslim country that has issued, at the highest level, a religious fatwa banning all weapons of mass destruction. you cannot imagine the revolutionary guard, the two followers of the leader that would go against the fatwa. if the comprehensive package,

. >> hossein just implicitly, endorsed one of donald rumsfeld's rules. is he right? >> i don't think that is right right now. there are those that believe this is not just nuclear. this is about long-term rapprochement in the region. , there are good hopes for that in the long-term. but there is an interesting symmetry between the u.s. and iran in the short term. both countries say, nuclear first, we must do nuclear first. the domestic and political reasons are on both sides for making nuclear first. for iran, the name of the game is getting the sanctions lifted and getting the economy back on track. you don't do that by enlarging and complicating the problem and delaying a deal. are really strong opponents in iran of engagement with the west. many who still call the united states the great satan. engaging with the united states on a broad range of issues is not very popular in a certain quarter. similarly, in the united states the name of the game, the initial name is stopping iran's advance to a more sophisticated nuclear program closer to nuclear weapons. and ther