in two weeks. this time they would like to interview some iranian nuclear scientists. they would also like to have access to the parchen military base. that is the military base that a recent iaea report suggested iran -- where iran had constructed a large explosives containment vessel for unknown testing purposes. but it doesn't look like the iranians will give the inspectors access to the base. in the meantime, iran appears to be preparing for war, carrying out more military exercises with antiaircraft batteries near their nuclear reactor near bashar, shep. >> shepard: is there a sense that israel may be preparing for some sort of strike? >> well, there is certainly a lot of planning going on. if you take the top leadership here at the pentagon at their word, you heard the top u.s. military commander general martin dempsy say over the weekend that he does not think this is the right time for a military strike against iran. he was echoing the sentiment of foreign -- the british