BREAKING: Iran's president calls for END to war

>> Bill: WE'RE TOLD THAT MANY. IRANIANS ARE STRUGGLING TO. AFFORD GROCERIES AS THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES TO GO. AFTER THAT COUNTRY'S ECONOMY. THIS IS THE NEXT STEP. JONATHON HUNT BRINGS US THE. LATEST FROM TODAY FROM TEL AVIV. >> GOOD MORNING TO YOU, BILL. WE'RE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF. WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS TERMED. ECONOMIC WARFARE AGAINST IRAN. THE NEXT MORE DRACONIAN STAGE.

DUE TO THE DETAILED BY TREASURY. SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT ON. MONDAY. BUT ANY SANCTIONS PROGRAM ISN'T. GOING TO BE EASY TO ENFORCE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF. LAND BORDERS, FOR INSTANCE, IRAN. SHARES, SEVEN DIFFERENT. COUNTRIES HAVING LAND BORDERS. WITH THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC. TO THE NORTH LOOK AT THE CASPIAN. SEA. IT GIVES IRAN DIRECT ACCESS TO. RUSSIA AND ALSO DIRECT ACCESS TO. CHINA VIA A LAND ROUTE THROUGH.

AFGHANISTAN. NEITHER OF THOSE COUNTRIES, ACCORDING TO GENERAL JACK KEANE, WILL BE VERY WILLING TO TAKE. PART IN ANY SANCTIONS PROGRAM. LISTEN HERE. >> CERTAINLY RUSSIA AND CHINA. HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN THE. UNITED STATES NOT SUCCEEDING IN. THE WAR AGAINST IRAN. THEY WANT TO KEEP THEIR FOOTHOLD. IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND IT'S. IRAN. THAT'S WHY THEY ARE HELPING. THEM. >> NOW THERE IS WIDESPREAD. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, THOUGH, THAT. THE ECONOMIC PRESSURE IS. BEGINNING TO BITE.

PRICES ARE GOING UP, AVAILABILITY OF GOODS IS GOING. DOWN. EVEN SOME WITHIN THE IRANIAN. LEADERSHIP ARE NOW TALKING ABOUT. A CHANGE IN APPROACH. THE PRESIDENT SAYING TODAY, FOR. INSTANCE, QUOTE, IT IS BETTER TO. END THE WAR TODAY WHEN WE'RE IN. POWER AND DIGNITY AND THE WHOLE. WORLD ACKNOWLEDGES OUR VICTORY. AND EMPHASIZES THAT AMERICA, CONTRARY TO ALL REGULATIONS, ATTACKED OUR SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS. AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND IS HATED.

IN THE WORLD. TO MY RECOLLECTION, BILL, THAT'S. THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE HEARD A. SENIOR IRANIAN OFFICIAL USE THE. WORDS END THE WAR TODAY. BUT AS I SAY, HE IS ON THE MORE. MODERATE RING. FOR THE MOMENT, THE MOST HARD. LINE WING WITHIN THE IRGC SEEMS. TO HAVE THE UPPER HAND. WE'LL SEE IF THAT CHANGES WITH. THIS RENEWED ECO.