EXCERPT:
TAJBAKHSH: “But as I was leaving, he looked me in the eye and he said, 'You as an Iranian American, I want you to know something and listen very carefully.' He said, 'We in this building,' and what he meant is the foreign ministry, which meant representing the government, which means representing the regime, he said, 'We believe we are at war with the United States.' He said at that time, 'It‘s a cold war, but it‘s a war nonetheless.' This was a war — "
LABOTT: "I think that — "
AGRAWAL: "I‘ll just remind you — "
LABOTT: "I think it‘s inevitable."
PHILLIP: "I'll let Elise respond really quickly."
LABOTT: "Super quick. I think it‘s inevitable that we‘d be coming to this point. Okay? I think at some point a U.S. president would be involved in strikes against Iran. And it does turn out that president — "
AGRAWAL: "I disagree."