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Iran's nuclear ambitions have been the subject of much discussion here in the United States and were part of the discussion at an international security conference last week in Munich, Germany where European Union diplomats talked with Iran's National Security Chief. Meanwhile, President Bush has been pushing for tougher European action on Iran to stand down on its nuclear ambitions. The tension between Iran and the U.S. has escalated in recent weeks with President Bush targeting Iran as a supplier of weapons and training for the insurgency in Iraq and the response from Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, that he would target American interests around the world if Iran was attacked. We'll look at where things stand with Iran in terms of both the United States and Europe. Laura's guest is Dr. Jackson Janes, Executive Director of the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies at Johns Hopkins University and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations; and Massood Samii, Professor of Economics and Chair of the International Business Dept at SNHU. He was also the former Chief Economist for OPEC in Vienna.