James Clapper: “I think they're very sensitive about their sovereignty and the extent to which we or anyone else can dictate to them.”

I think the reason they were taken off the list was to provide an inducement or motivation for them to agree to some sort of ceasefire.

Ties with Tehran offer some regional governments a means of staking an independent position on Iran, thereby mitigating its isolation while also attempting to extract Iranian financial aid and investment for economic and social projects.

Well, Anderson, that's exactly right. And this is what this whole issue boils down to, is will to fight.

The frequency with which they are occurring, tells me that they're kind of in - they realize they're kind of in a jam.