china n doha where they have delegations negotiating with world powers including the united states. so it will probably be the same taliban as it was in the '90s, a very harsh, repressive regime, but one that's learned how to deal with foreign nations, especially ones that border them, in order to be able to get money, to be able to trade certain things, and to be able to support the people that support them. so this is a whole new era we are entering. it is going to be a very harsh taliban. but it is going to be a talibans that much more savvy to what world powers think of them and how they need to navigate their way around these situations. i have lost you on my ifb. i am going to cut it off there and o hopefully we will get the soundll back in a second. >> we will fix it up. live from tehran. it is relevant to understand that iran is on the western