ihor simovolos, executive director of the center for middle eastern studies, joins our broadcast. mr. igor, welcome to our efi. thank you for that joined, greetings, good morning, in your opinion, how do you assess the world's reaction to the expected attack on israel by iran, biden assured support, but at the same time , we heard that in the united states they do not support any counterattack by jerusalem against iran, and so, in your opinion, is this a sufficient response and will it help to prevent a major conflict from escalating in the middle east, well , i think that... well, let's assess the situation as of today, because we don't know, what will happen tomorrow, we don't know what decisions will be made in tel aviv, in washington, in tehran, but as of now, i can say for sure that at least such an uncontrolled escalation has been avoided, and after the united states of america and the great... along with jordania, as you already noted on their broadcast, they shot down most of the missiles and drones outside israel, that is, as we can see, there is strategic depth here, and