'OUT OF OPTIONS': Iran makes MAJOR demands as US blockade squeezes regime

>> Nate: PRESIDENT TRUMP. SIGNALLING THE U.S. WILL LEAN ON. ECONOMIC PRESSURE AS WE. SHOWCASED OUR MILITARY AGAINST. THE REGIME. OUR TACTICS ARE WORKING WHEN IT. COMES TO REOPENING STRAIT OF. HORMUZ. >> WHAT YOU SEE IS ACT OF. DESPERATION, PRESIDENT TRUMP. PLANNED TO UNLEASH ON IRAN THIS.

PAST WEEKEND AND THEY SAID THEY. WANT TO MAKE A DEAL. >> WE ARE HAVING SUCCESS GETTING. OIL OUT OF THE STRAIGHT AND THAT. BLUNTS WHAT IRANIANS ARE TRYING. TO DO AT STRAIT OF HORMUZ. IT DOES NOT END IT TOMORROW, BUT. BRINGS IT GRADUALLY TO A CLOSE. >> Nate: IRAN IS RAISING. QUESTION DOES TEHRAN HAVE UPPER. HAND OR IT IS OVERPLAYING IT? JOINING ME NOW IS NATIONAL.

SECURITY EXPERT DR. REBECCA. GRANT. THANK YOU FOR JOINING THE. PROGRAM. AS LONG AS THE STRAIT IS CLOSED. ENERGY PRICES WILL REMAIN HIGH. AHEAD OF ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER. WHO IS MORE DESPERATE TO END. THIS WAR? >> THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT. IRAN IS IN THE DESPERATE. POSITION. THE IRGC WOULD LOVE TO MAKE. MONEY OFF THE STRAIT. IT WILL NOT HAPPEN.

PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ABLE TO SIT. BACK AND TAKE ITS TIME AND. IGNORE THE DEMANDS. AS J.D. VANCE HINTED OVER THE. WEEKEND, THERE IS OIL COMING OUT. THROUGH PIPELINE AND DARK. TRANSIT AND SHIP TO SHIP. TRANSFERS. INTERNATIONAL MARINERS ARE. CLEVER AND THERE IS QUITE A BIT. COMING OUT AND OIL IS CONTINUING. TO FLOW. IRAN IS NEVER GOING TO HAVE. LEVERAGE OVER THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ IN THE LONG-TERM.

>> Nate: DEFINITELY SEEING THE. AMERICAN MILITARY MIGHT, HOWEVER, A LOT OF DEMANDS WE SAW. EARLY IN THIS WAR REGARDING IRAN. NUCLEAR PROGRAM ARE APPLYING TO. REOPEN STRAIT OF HORMUZ. OVER WEEKEND IRAN LAYING OUT. DEMAND INCLUDING BILLIONS IN. SANCTION RELIEF AND WAR. REPARATION THEY ARE CALLING FOR. AND U.S. TROOP WITHDRAWING AND. ENDING THE NAVAL BLOCKADE, WHAT. DID YOU THINK OF THAT AS THE.

REGIME LAID OUT NEW DEMANDS? >> IRAN'S DEMANDS ARE. UNREASONABLE AND REALLY SHOW. THAT THE IRGC IS OUT OFS. OPTIONS, ALL THEY CAN DO NOW IS. OCCASIONAL TERRORISTIC-LIKE. ATTACKS TOWARD INTERNATIONAL. SHIPPING AND TOWARD U.S. BASES. WE STILL HAVE 50,000 U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS THERE, DESTROYERS, SPACE FORCE WATCHING. ALL THAT, AS WELL.

ALARMING POINT I IS WHAT BECOMES. OF THE NUCLEAR DUST. WE HAVE GOOD OVERWATCH OF THE. AREA AND WE HAVE ENDED IRAN'S. ABILITY TO ENRICH. IRAN RESPONDS TO U.S. MILITARY. PRESSURE AND ADMIRAL COOPER WILL. KEEP THAT PRESSURE ON AS LONG AS. HE NEED SAYS TO. >> Nate: AND PRESIDENT TRUMP. CONTINUES TO SAY HE WILL USE. THAT PRESSURE. HE IS NOW KEEN ON APPLYING.

ECONOMIC PRESSURE OR ALLOWING. CURRENT ECONOMIC PRESSURE TO. PLAY OUT OVER LONGER PERIOD. LEADING TO UNREST WITHIN IRAN. IT THERE A CHANCE OF THAT. HAPPENING, DOMESTIC UNREST WITH. THE CONTROL THE REGIME HAS OVER. ITS PEOPLE? >> I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT. WE KNOW THE IRGC IS WEAKENED. THEY ARE NOT JUST A MILITARY. FORCE, THEY ARE IN BUSINESS. BLOCKADE, STEEL WALL, SANCTIONS. THAT THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT PUT.

ON THEM AND ECONOMIC PRESSURE. DOES HAVE A DIRECT EFFECT IN THE. END ON THE IRGC. REALLY HUGE ELEMENT. THE OTHER REASON WE CAN DO THIS. IS BECAUSE OF AIR AND SEA. DOMINANCE AND STRIKES A FEW. WEEKS AGO THAT CLEANED UP A LOT. OF IRGC ACTIVITY THERE. THERE IS ALWAYS OPTION TO GO IN. BIG IF NECESSARY. PRESIDENT TRUMP WANTS TO SEE. ECONOMIC PRESSURE PLAY OUT. OIL MARKETS ARE FLOWING AND.

MOVING, WE DO HAVE SHIPS COMING. OUT OF STRAIT OF HORMUZ. HE CAN PLAY ECONOMIC AND. MILITARY SAME TIME AND IT IS A. GOOD STRONG POSITION FOR THE. U.S.A. >> Nate: THERE IS ALWAYS A LOT. GOING ON IN THE REGION. ISRAEL IS PUSHING BACK ON THE. NEW GAZA PEACE PLAN WITH PRIME. MINISTER NETANYAHU SAYING THAT. ALL WEAPONS WILL NEED TO BE.

REMOVED FROM GAZA LIGHT WEAPONS, HEAVY WEAPONS, ALL OF THEM. SOME ARE SAYING THIS IS A TIMING. DIFFERENCE. IS IT ACTUALLY TIMING DIFFERENCE. OR FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE THAT. WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR U.S. TO. MEDIATE? >> THE STICKING POINT IS WHEN. DOES THE IDF, ISRAELI DEFENSE. FORCES DO THEIR PHASED. WITHDRAWAL? BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SAID NOT. UNTIL HAMAS IS DISARMED. THERE WILL NEED TO BE MIDDLE.

GROUND THERE. ISRAEL HAS AN ELECTION COMING UP. IN OCTOBER. THERE IS TALK ABOUT BOARD OF. PEACE INTERNATIONAL. STABILIZATION FORCE WITH TROOPS. FROM MOROCCO, INDONESIA READY TO. COME IN AND DO POLICING OF GAZA. YOU HAVE TO DISARM HAMAS SO. NOTHING LIKE OCTOBER 7 CAN E.