united states have been interestingly quiet apart from saudi arabia saying once again that they support the american campaign to get iran to moderate its behavior. one of the things in this region that makes people very anxious indeed about iran's behavior over the longer term is not just its efforts that were suspended under the nuclear deal to develop a nuclear program and nuclear weapons program, but also its influence on proxies, hezbollah, south lebanon, of course the houthis in yemen, which gives iran to reach right deep into parts of the middle east where they are not popular, part of the shia/sunni split but also because of the foreign leading policies that very often are activated through these groups. and it is that sort of behavior