Iran is under ‘EXTREME PRESSURE,’ expert warns

PRESSURE ON INTERNATIONAL ENERGY. MARKETS. MARTHA. >> Martha: TREY YINGST, THANK. YOU. WITH THAT WE BRING IN OUR MIDDLE. EASTERN ASSOCIATE FELLOW RAISED. IN TEHRAN AND IMMIGRATED TO THE. STATES AT THE START OF THE 1979. REVOLUTION. YOU HEAR THE PRESIDENT SAYING HE. BELIEVES THE END COULD BE NEAR. WE HAVE CERTAINLY HEARD THAT. BEFORE BUT THERE IS A TREMENDOUS. AMOUNT OF PRESSURE ON THE STRAIT. OF HORMUZ AND ON IRAN'S ECONOMIC. SITUATION ALTHOUGH THEY APPEAR. TO HAVE A FEW LIFELINES OUT. THERE. WHAT'S YOUR TAKE ON WHERE WE ARE.

TODAY? >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME BACK. IRAN IS UNDER EXTREME PRESSURE. FOR ALL THE GOOD REASONS. MILITARILY, , ECONOMICALLY. EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE DONE SO. FAR HAS BROUGHT IRAN ONE STEP. CLOSER TO A STATE OF AFFAIRS. WHERE THEY EITHER HAVE TO GAMBLE. AND GO ALL OUT MILITARILY AND. TRY TO RAISE THE COST IN THE. U.S. OR EVENTUALLY IMPLODE WHICH.

BOTH SCENARIOS ARE POSSIBLE AT. THE SAME TIME BUT I WANT TO. BRING THIS BACK TO THE REPORT. THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS SAID. YESTERDAY TO MEET THE COUNTRIES. ON THE SIDELINES OF THE U.N. AND. THIS WAS THE SIXTH ANNIVERSARY. OF THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS WHICH I. WAS INVITED TO ONE OF THE. CELEBRATIONS AND I HAVE TO TELL. YOU THAT THERE IS GENUINE. AFFECTION BETWEEN THE ABRAHAM. ACCORD DIPLOMATS AND THE. PRESIDENT. EVERYONE THAT WAS IN THE ROOM. WAS SPEAKING VERY HIGHLY OF THE.

AMERICAN LEADERSHIP. THEY HAD PERSONAL AFFECTION, EVEN IF THEY WERE NOT. SIGNATORIES YET, GOING TO SIGN. ON AT SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE. I WON'T NAME NAMES BUT THEY WERE. THERE AND GENUINELY TALKING. ABOUT HOW THIS PRESIDENT HAS. MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE FOR THE. MIDDLE EAST SO I THINK INCLUDING. SAUDI ARABIA IN THE ROOM PRESENT. IS FOR THE PRESIDENT TO CHECK IN. WITH ABRAHAM ACCORD COUNTRIES, THE UAE AND BAHRAIN, THE UAE HAS.

BEEN HIT MORE THAN ISRAEL HAS. AND THEY HAVE BEEN HURT. AND TETELL THEM LOOK, WE HAVE YR. BACK. THE ABRAHAM ACCORD COUNTRIES. SIGNED ON AND THE SECURITY. GUARANTEES WERE THE PRICE OF. ADMISSION AND WE ARE THERE FOR. YOU. >> Martha: THE BOTTOM LINE. QUESTION IS, GIVEN THE PAIN. THESE COUNTRIES HAVE SHOULDERED. AND WE SEE THE HOUTHI ATTACKS ON. THE SAUDI PIPELINES, THE EAST. AND WEST PIPELINE AND THE.

ENTRANCE TO THE RED SEA AS WELL, HOW BADLY DO THE GULF STATES. WANT IRANIAN LEADERSHIP TO FAIL? >> I THINK WE ALL KNOW THE. ANSWER. ONE OF THE MARVELS OF THIS GULF. WAR AND FROM October 7th IS. HOW EVIL THE REGIME HAS BEEN AND. THIS HAS EXPOSED WHAT THEY ARE. CAPABLE OF BESIDES THEIR. IDEATIONAL APPROACH THERE IS AN. OPERATIONAL APPROACH TO THE.

ISLAMIC REGIME TRYING TO INFLICT. AS MUCH COST AS THEY CAN ON THE. AMERICANS AND THE AMERICAN. ALLIES IN THE REGION AND THE. AMERICAN BUSINESS IN THE REGION. BUT I ALSO SEE WITH THE HOUTHI. TAKEOVER OR SEMI TAKEOVER, AN. OPENING FOR THE PRESIDENT. THERE IS A FOREIGN POLICY SAYING. THAT DON'T LET A GOOD CRISIS GO. TO WASTE AND THIS UNFORTUNATELY. HAS ALL THE HALLMARKS OF A GOOD. CRISIS. HERE IS A STAUNCH AMERICAN ALLY. IN THE MIDDLE EAST WHO NEEDS.

AMERICAN SECURITY AT THIS POINT. BECAUSE THE HOUTHIS ARE ON THEIR. WAY TO TAKE OVER THE STRAIT IF. THEY HAVE OR HAVE NOT AND HE HAS. BEEN DECLINING ON TWO OCCASIONS. THIS IS A GOOD IDEA FOR THE. PRESIDENT TO ALLOW SOME OVERTURE. TO ALLEVIATE THE TENSIONS AND. ALLOW TO SAVE FACE AND MOVE. FORWARD FROM THERE.

GOOD TALKS ARE ALWAYS GOOD. BETWEEN ALLIES AND ESPECIALLY. THOSE. >> Martha: SINCE CHINA AND. RUSSIA ARE LENDING A HAND HERE. AND THERE WITH TARGET. INFORMATION AND IN SOME CASES. SUGGESTIONS THAT IT'S MORE THAN. THAT. CERTAINLY ECONOMIC LIFELINES AS. WELL FROM CHINA AND RUSSIA SO IF. THE UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL AND. SAUDI ARABIA AND THE REST OF. THESE GULF STATE COUNTRIES. REALLY WANT TO HAVE MORE CLARITY. AND MORE MANEUVERABILITY IN THE. FUTURE OF THE MIDDLE EAST IT. WOULD BE GOOD TO STICK TOGETHER. SO WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

>> AND TO FINISH THIS THOUGHT, I. THINK THEY CAN SIGNAL THAT THE. NEXT TIME YOU CALL ME FOR HELP. YOU BETTER HAVE A PIECE.