taking on tehran: strategies for confronting the islamic republic, and finally speaking will be jim phillips who is our senior research fellow here at heritage in the douglas and sarah allison center. he's written extensively on security issues and international terrorism. he was a research fellow at the congressional research service, and he is a member of the committee of the present danger as well. and also on the board of editors of middle east quarterly. and so i'll then turn it over to ken. >> thank you, james. thank you for inviting me, it's good to be back at heritage. as was noted, i'm speaking in a personal capacity, i'm not reflecting any committee or member of congress. my brief remarks today, i wish to offer condolences to the family of michael jackson. first, let me say that i want to, i'm going to talk a little about the current unrest in iran to set the stage for the discussion of the nuclear issue and the report which i was generously heritage asked me to comment on although not as a formal member of the working group. what has struck me, though, in a lot of the press report