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Frederik pleitgen is standing by. as we heard there, there is a new claim of responsibility from hazardous and foreign sect saying iran is at a cross roads in international relations. what is the perspective from there? >> reporter: iranians are hearing all the things that are being said there by the israelis and brits. and rairanians are saying if th israelis did act militarily against iran, that iran's answer answer would be military as well. and in fact the head of iran's very powerful revolutionary guard corps, he was in that region where some of the incidents have been taking place and he...

It doesn't deal with the factors that might lead to a political process in syria or might reduce the risk of a conflict between the israelis, iranians, shia militias and hezbollah. from a larger standpoint, this is a one off approach that is designed, principally not just to deal and send a message on the chemical weapons. the truth is, the real target are the russians, to convince the russians that since the president has made it clear he wants to get out of syria, the last thing assad should be doing is taking steps that invite us to act militarily. i do believe one or mission that was proba...

The russians. to convince the russians that since the president has made it clear he wants to get out of syria, the last thing assad should be doing is taking steps that invite us to act militarily. i do believe one other mission that was probably pursued here was to convince the russians that they have to control assad and they certainly have the means to do so when it comes to the use of chemical weapons. >> do you give the trump administration credit then for standing up to russia in this way if, in your view, that was the right thing to do. >> it was necessary to respond to the use of chem...

"as commander-in-chief, i have not hesitated to use force when necessary. if iran does not abide by this deal it's possible we won't have any other choice than the act militarily." there it is in writing. military action on the table. could this come back to bite the president? >> no, i don't think so at all. it's always been on the table and it will always be on the table. if iran at the end of 15 years has enrichment capability goes and enriches eurouranium, we'llp them. we will have to use force to stop them. if iran were to acquire the bomb it would set off a nuclear arms race in the middl...

Israelis choose to attack. they would have to do so he have we the presidential election because they then forced president obama's hand politically. he has to help israel. if not it is political suicide especially in swing state of florida. gregg: iran has been hit with five sets of sanctions. they move ahead with impunity. >> right. >> is it pretty clear the approach of sanctions and president obama's much-vaunted negotiations with the mullahs, the charm offensive it is feckless, it hasn't worked? >> the whole time iran has been continuing its nuclear weapons program. they need three things ...