meineke. >>> we are back with john mclaughlin, the former deputy former cia case officer and john o'sullivan, radio for europe. john mclaughlin, do you believe there are important rifts emerging within the iran regime? and do you think this is significant in a broader sense? >> the iranian republic is one of the great survivors of the last three decades, so i think we should not underestimate the resillience of the regime. but i don't think these things can be papered over as it was before the election. it's impossible to know at this point where it's going, what it might look like a year from now, but i think it's fair to say that iran will never be quite the same again. just, for example, how we thought of iran, say, two years ago, when the united states was pinned down in iraq, when israel was fighting hezbollah to a standstill in lebanon. iran at that point seemed like a collosus forming in the region. its prestige was high. what happened in the aftermath of this election, i think, sent shock waves through the region as well as iran, so it no longer has the standing it had and it no long

region. >>> we are back with john mclaughlin, the former deputy director of the cia, john baer and john o'sullivan. john mclaughlin, do you believe there are important rifts within the iran regime? and do you think this is significant in a broader sense? >> the iran republic is one of the great survivors of the last three decades, so i think we should not under estimate the e resillience of the regime. but i don't think these things can be papered over as it was before the election. it's impossible to know at this point where ilts goit's going, may look like a year from now, but i think it's fair to say iran will never be the same again. just, for example, how we thought of iran, say, two years ago when the united states was pinned down in iraq, when israel was fighting hezbollah to a standstill in lebanon, iran at that point seemed like a colasus forming in the region. its prestige was high. what happened in the aftermath of this election, i think, sent shock waves through the region as well as iran, so it no longer has the standing it had and it no longer seems like this force that cannot be sto