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Saw the leader stumping was keeping iran in check militarily to the main parts of eastern development. and the moment trump withdrew from that, there was no plan b. the people would say, okay, you didn't like the iran deal but now there's no iran deal and there's chaos. there's nothing to stop iran and the alternative with trump we are seeing with netanyahu back presented in maximum sanctions wasn't seen by many at the time, certainly not now, a sufficient alternative to the various stages of the view. >> if things were as they are now, with no bid, no return to the deal, is israel seriously c...

From a deal that had fundamentally put a lid on iran's nuclear program, they have raced that program forward. molly: why isn't iran feeling any leverage here? where are our european partners on this? >> well, what a charade. and sullivan is the one who helped do this deal under the obama administration, so he won't give it up. but europe is really fed up with iran. there is very little chance of any kind of deal coming out of this. and the scary fact here is iran is just enriching more and more uranium. they're up to 60% enrichment. 90% is the threshold for a nuclear weapon, a crude one. so th...

We made clear to iran that the only path out ever sanction size through nuclear compliance. we kept all of the sanctions we inherited in place and enforced sanctions presenting the clear path of their remutual. if diplomacy can't get on track soon and in iran's nuclear program accelerates, we will take additional measures. i won't get into additional specifics i will can provide you an update on the coordinations we are doing on the international front. a senior treasury official will lead a delegation to talk about compliance and focus on engagements with the private sector to discuss their u...

Retrospect now looking frankly like a catastrophe? >> indeed. it is probably one of the biggest strategic mistakes the united states has made. every assumption that the trump administration, the netanyahu government in israel and the persian gulf states made in 2017 have proven to be catastrophically wrong. iran is more dangerous, more volatile and the west looks to be out of options in order to stop iran's nuclear program. and what is going on is a last chance to stop a much clater calamity. >> vali nasr, thank you for that. >> thank you. next on "gps" -- the lightning speed of the taliban ...

Into the deal. what happens next as this goes on? >> i think both sides are motivated to keep talking. neither side wants collapse, which would mean a catastrophe for the region and major crisis for both of them. and i think iran does need sanctions relief. but the iranians feel america's leverage on them is maxing out. there's not much more pleasure the americans can apply on them, but they are not applying maximum pressure on the united states by advancing their nuclear program significantly. i don't think they want a nuclear weapon. they want to get the biden administration to lift sanction...