mr. glaser: they would be justified in coming to that conclusion. thehould not underestimate extent to which trump has given here. favor he is on the road to isolating us from the rest of the world. and iran is still at this moment at least able to continue to trade with these countries and engage in robust diplomacy with them and improve relations. iran in a certain sense, i am sure they are nervous about the extent to which they can abide by the deal, but they are also in an interesting strategic position that we had given to them on a silver platter. said you talked, you are going to enforce long answers -- ms. toosi: i said i was going to cut you off. mr. glaser: i'm going to say something that is controversial that does not bring me a lot of friends, even fellow jcpoa. iran'ss a consensus that other activities are a threat to the united states, and that is an argument in favor of the jcpoa. now we can ably work in front iran on its other activities whether it is support for reality is that none of a ron's regional behaviors poses a serious thre

mr. glaser: this is exactly the point.ran has a dynamic domestic political situation, so if you're trying to think to yourself, how do we improve iranian behavior or get them to make concessions on certain things that have to do with our interests, the question is how do you do it? there are some people who believe that only browbeating, sanctions, hostile rhetoric, threats of war are likely to get a positive response. they either capitulate or they continue to be pains in the butt. there are other people who i think are more sober minded that understand that inside of a dynamic domestic political situation, there are hard liners and moderates. and if you do things that concede certain things to the other side when you make compromises, it tends to empower the moderates who have the ability to do those kinds of compromises. now with trump, as trita wisely said, the hard liners in iran are bolstered, because they are proven right. these are the guys that warned against trusting the united states from the beginning, and we'r