let's speak to former british ambassador to iran — sir richard dalton.e thoughts when you woke up this morning and heard of the strikes? bier? and heard of the strikes? very much the _ and heard of the strikes? very much the same _ and heard of the strikes? very much the same as _ and heard of the strikes? very much the same as the - and heard of the strikes? - much the same as the previous guest. i agree with all aspects of his analysis. there is a good chance, i believe, now, that we can draw a line under this exchange of violence between israel and iran. of course, it is worth pointing out that we would not be where we are, worrying about the possibility of a further escalation, if israel had not assassinated hamas's leader and prime negotiator for asus are in gaza enabling him to act of aggression against iran in tehran. that is what provoked the israeli, the iranians attack on israel and now israel's response.- attack on israel and now israel's response. but israel has been — israel's response. but israel has been pointing _ israel's response. but i

. _ earlier i spoke to former british ambassador to iran — sir richard dalton.ts on what might happen next. there is a good chance, i believe, now, that we can draw a line under this exchange of violence between israel and iran. of course, it's worth pointing out that we would not be where we are, worrying about the possibility of further escalation, if israel had not assassinated hamas' leader and prime negotiator for a ceasefire in gaza, in a blatant act of aggression against iran in tehran. that's what provoked the israeli, the iranian attack on israel. and now israel's response. but israel has been has been pointing out that its response is, in fact, over a continuous series of attacks by iran and its proxies over the last year, pointing presumably to hamas and to hezbollah. yes, but this was an attack on iran. and iran has not attacked israel other than in response to acts by israel. so there's no point in looking for first causes. if necessary, we can go back to the abandonment by britain of the principle of self—determination for colonial peoples, when it