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So we want to ask the question, what now when we leave? the author of "tehran rising: iran's challenge to the united states." everyone talks about this new vacuum -- that's where the discussion is headed now that the president made the announcement about the withdrawal of the troops from iraq. is there a new power vacuum, or is that power vacuum already filled right now? >> well, there's certainly a power vacuum that's beginning to emerge, and i think that's what spurred secretary of statement clinton to make the warning. the fact that she and other government officials recognize there's a pro...

Police now using tear gas and batons on the demonstrators, the opposition says dozens were arrested, but tehran denies that the rallies have even taken place at all. the protests against the regime urged by two of the country's opposition leaders who have not been seen in public in more than a week. now, they have been moved from house arrest to full-time detention. let's talk about it with elan berman, vice president of the american foreign policy council and author of "tehran rising". what do we know about the two opposition leaders and the circumstances under which they're being held? >> we...

Factors including hu jintao's limited time in office and the in scrutinyability of the chinese and how seriously they wish to pursue market reform, martha. martha: interesting to watch, james, thank you very much we know you will be in the front seat for all of that and we will be watching it throughout the day. bill: the u.s. and israel might have delivered a crushing blow to iran's nuclear program without laying a hand on it, a cyber worm, the virus thought to have devastated the nuclear plant's technology infrastructure. and vice president, american foreign policy council, who wrote the boo...

Attention of leaders in tehran and they've now postponed this barbaric punishment, at least for the time being, at least that is what they are reporting, the vice president of the american foreign policy council and also author of tehran rising, iran's challenge to the united states, welcome, good to have you here. >> good to be here. martha: why have they made the decision to postpone the barbaric treatment which they've carried out for hundreds of years. >> that's right. first of all, it is important to note that it doesn't happen every day in iran. the last stoning execution of this type, a...

Foreign policy council, also the author of the book "tehran rising: iran's challenge to the united states." good to see you. if this wasn't a wake-up call, what was it? >> well, i think secretary gates' comments were exactly right. it was to contribute to the orderly and timely decision-making process which suggests that the decision-making process so far really hasn't been orderly or timely at all. and, in fact, over the last year and a quarter the obama administration has pursued what it calls engagement with the iranians, this sort of diplomatic outreach. and because it's done so, it's made...