Recently one of the commanders of the Revolutionary Guards stated, “In Syria we have managed to create a new Hezbollah”, which I think is a very interesting statement because it tells you that they believe they are on the winning side of history. They believe that they have managed to deter the United States from getting more engaged in the Middle East. They believe that western European countries do not have any appetite for engaging in the region, and they fundamentally believe that acts of terrorism and economic and military support to terrorist organizations in the Middle East region has, in reality, paid off. It has been a good investment, seen from Teheran, and that, of course, is very unfortunate.
Any nuclear deal should have other components as well. One part of the components could be the human rights violations issue. Another one could be terrorism. I believe that in reality most Iranians would tell you that the nuclear issue is the smallest of the worries of the Iranian public. The Iranian public is much more concerned about human rights violations inside of Iran, but also the fact that the Iranians are now being depicted in the entire Middle East region as supporters of terrorism, and that is very unfortunate.