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Speaker 1: This is the sound of an Iranian state TV broadcaster

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Speaker 1: being interrupted by an Israeli missile live on air. Oh y,

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Speaker 1: you could see the debris falling and the screens crashing

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Speaker 1: behind he The bombardment both sides continuing overnight. Greg Calstrom

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Speaker 1: is Middle East correspondent with US This morning, Greg, Good morning.

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Speaker 2: Hi, Good morning to you.

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Speaker 1: We're hearing we might be close to some sort of talks.

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Speaker 1: The Iranians apparently waving a bit of a white flag

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Speaker 1: through some Arab allies. What are you hearing, Well.

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Speaker 2: I'm not sure I would read it quite as a

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Speaker 2: white flag. The Iranians are willing to talk about a

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Speaker 2: mutual ceasefire where both sides would stop shooting, but I

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Speaker 2: don't think either Israel or the United States are at

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Speaker 2: a point where they're going to push for that. The

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Speaker 2: Israelis have been planning this war for years. Obviously, they're

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Speaker 2: not willing to stop after just a few days. With

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Speaker 2: money of their military goals on met, so they will

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Speaker 2: want to press ahead. And the Americans are insisting that

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Speaker 2: they're going to talk to the Iranians. They want to

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Speaker 2: talk about a nuclear deal, something that will impose restrictions

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Speaker 2: on Iran's nuclear program. As far as I can tell,

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Speaker 2: Iran is not willing to make any concessions yet around

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Speaker 2: its nuclear program, So I think we're actually still some

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Speaker 2: ways away from any kind of serious negotiations starting.

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Speaker 1: Are we any closer to this expanding into a more

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Speaker 1: regional war or for bigger pliers, Are the pliers getting

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Speaker 1: involved or do you think this will stay contained?

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Speaker 2: I think so long as the United States does not

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Speaker 2: get involved, it will stay contained. I don't think Iran

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Speaker 2: is going to, for example, strike at Arab states in

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Speaker 2: the Gulf or strike at American bases in the region

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Speaker 2: right now, because it doesn't want to draw America into

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Speaker 2: the war. But Israel has asked the US to join

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Speaker 2: the fighting to help carry out airstrikes on four DO,

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Speaker 2: which is this enrichment facilit in Iran dug into the

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Speaker 2: side of a mountain. It's very far underground. It's hard

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Speaker 2: for Israeli planes to reach it with their bombs. You

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Speaker 2: need American bombers that can deliver much heavier bombs. So

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Speaker 2: Israel has asked the United States to help with those strikes.

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Speaker 2: I think if Donald Trump goes along with that, if

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Speaker 2: there is an offensive American role in this war. At

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Speaker 2: that point, you could see Iran try to widen the war,

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Speaker 2: strike at regional targets, and hope that countries in the

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Speaker 2: region will put pressure on America and Israel to stop.

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Speaker 1: Interesting analysis. Really appreciate your time, Greg, Greg Calstrom and

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Speaker 1: Middle East Correspondent.

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