i'm joined by middle east analyst try to parse the of the quincy institute for responsibles drink state craft both of you welcome let me start by asking you both what you expect the biden administration to do with this declassified report try to start with you. well what the biden history sion is doing is that they're following the u.s. law that congress mandated this early iran and it's from the construction essentially ignored it so as a 1st step an explanation they're following the law what they're saying though is that this is going to be part of a larger rethinking of the relationship with saudi arabia and i think in many ways that would be tremendously welcome because this has been a very unhealthy relationship for quite some time the question is by starting off with this report is it an indicative of the idea that we are now personalizing the problem as if it is m.v.s. alone and that is responsible for this not have the relationship if that is the case i think it would be a mistake because this is an unhealthy relationship long before m.p.'s and to to stay she certainly has not m

i'm joined by middle east analysts try to parse the of the quincy institute for responsible strick state craft to both of you welcome let me start by asking you both what you expect the biden administration to do with this declassified report try to start with you. well what the biden astray ssion is doing is that they're following the u.s. law that congress mandated this early iran and it's from the construction essentially ignored it so as a 1st step an explanation they're following the law what they're saying though is that this is going to be part of a larger rethinking of their relationship with saudi arabia and i think in many ways that would be tremendously welcome because this has been a very unhealthy relationship for quite some time the question is by starting off with this report is it an indicative of the idea that we are now personalizing the problem as if it is m.v.s. alone and that is responsible for this not have the relationship if that is the case i think it would be a mistake because this is an unhealthy relationship long before m.p.'s and to destabilize cerny has not

i'm joined by middle east analyst try to parse the of the quincy institute for responsible streak state craft both of you welcome let me start by asking you both what you expect the biden administration to do with this declassified report try to start with you. well what the biden astray ssion is doing is that they're following the u.s. law that congress mandated this earlier on of it's front because tradition essentially ignored it so as a 1st step an explanation they're following the law what they're saying though is that this is going to be part of a larger rethinking of the relationship with saudi arabia and i think in many ways that would be tremendously welcome because this has been a very unhealthy relationship for quite some time the question is by starting off with this report is it an indicative of the idea that we are now personalizing the problem as if it is m.p.'s alone and that is responsible for this not have the relationship if that is the case i think it would be a mistake because this is an unhealthy relationship long before m.p.'s and to distaste he certainly has not

i'm joined by middle east analyst try to parse the of the quincy institute for responsible strict state craft to both of you welcome let me start by asking you both what you expect the biden administration to do with this declassified report try to start with you. well what the biden is trace in is doing is that they're following the u.s. law that congress mandated this early iran of its front because tradition essentially ignored it so as a 1st step in explanation they're following the law what they're saying though is that this is going to be part of a larger rethinking of the relationship with saudi arabia and i think in many ways that would be tremendously welcome because this has been a very unhealthy relationship for quite some time the question is by starting off with this report is it an indicative of the idea that we are now personalizing the problem as if it is m.v.s. alone and that is responsible for this on have the relationship if that is the case i think it would be a mistake because this is an unhealthy relationship long before m.b.'s and to this stage he certainly has no

it's a little more likely however according to the quincy institute's n l shaleen that the president's wording was intentionally vague in order to give the us room to maneuver in the future many weapon systems are not easily qualified as definitely offensive or defensive so the u.s. could sell what it considers a defensive weapon that the saudis use for oftens of purposes but unfortunately most people don't actually read the instructions that come with drone missiles it isn't just the u.s. and saudi arabia who the who the rebels have to fight against since the war began in 2015 the united arab emirates have been involved too and they're even less happy than the saudis are about the americans pulling out just as california congressman roe conn a longtime opponent of the war was recently screamed at in his office by the u.s. ambassador who is this guy i think he is foreign investors can't just railroad our elected officials that way well unless they work for israel as a matter of fact the israeli ambassador is allowed to burst into any u.s. representatives office at any hour of the day a

pressure over its nuclear development trita parsi is executive vice president at the quincy institute think tank he explains why haven't these remarks mean to the iranian public. i think the way to understand what those comments meant and the primary audience for them is that as the iranians are making an agreement with the i.a.e.a. as and as you or package reported which a large part of the iranian parliament opposes and believes is in the violation of the law that the parliament passed at the same time sabrina hominy then makes a statement about potentially going up to 60 percent i would read that as an effort to try to appease those hardliners. and calm them down for doing that on the bone mindful of the fact that khomeini is greenlighting the agreement with the i.a.e.a. which the parliament is upset about but as your package pointed out it is an increasingly tense situation domestically in iran in which disagreement with the idea of continuing to collaborate with the i.a.e.a. when the united states still remains outside of the nuclear deal is becoming increasingly difficult if it'

sanctions are not taken off trita parsi is the executive vice president of the quincy institute he says iran and the u.s. are ready to talk but they're taking a cautious approach not to undermine their respective negotiating positions. i think what's going to happen is that both sides will end up having to move just enough at the same time that is what has happened in the past when they've gotten stuck in this way and that is likely what is going to happen this time drama we do have is the complication with that matchless all of this says that a significant degree of the inspections are going to be halted from tuesday and on words i suspect that will happen there is that the iranians will not go whole would as much as the 1st but it will go forward a little bit as a result of the proposal to meet this is similar to what the u.s. has done it young to date the u.s. is not on the full way when he comes to rejoining the agreement but instead is offering to talk while it continues to have the sanctions off i don't think the iranians do not want to engage the problem they have is that if the

ok let's bring in twitter posse his executive vice president of the quincy institute think tank he's also professor of middle east politics at georgetown university he's joining us by skype from washington d.c. good to have you with us on al-jazeera thanks very much indeed thank you and with us i want to ask you 1st of all about these comments by harmony one can imagine that this strong language could be used ahead of negotiations ahead of talks to set out a negotiating position to get some leverage putting that to one side domestically how is this going to play out given the fact that we're talking about presidential elections in iran in june. i think the way to understand what those comments mentioned the primary audience for them is that as the raw onions are making an agreement with the i.a.e.a. as and as your package reported which a large part of the iranian parliament opposes and believes is in the violation of the law that the parliament passed at the same time as supreme leader khamenei then makes a statement about potentially going up to 60 percent i would read that as an e

let's talk to trita parsi the executive vice president of the quincy institute a u.s. based think tank he joins us from washington trita parsi welcome back to our 20 so what we're talking about here the choreography today looks like the 1st substantial diplomacy that we've seen in what 4 years almost is that in itself good news. in and of itself it is. there is some movement we're also stuck in a situation in which both sides are trying to essentially make sure that their stated approach is the one that is the op that the iranians had asked it head of the e.a.'s to take care of the choreography the u.s. apparently rejected that and this is the at least and instead is going for its own idea which is that it would be an informal meeting together where the europeans and the other people respond are at the end of a this is positive that there are some meetings but there are some really hard issues still left which is that the end of the day trumps maximum pressures strategy and policy is still in effect the u.s. has not met any of this action and it's still pursuing the ve

trita parsi is an author and the vice president of the washington—based quincy institute. important step. this is important because if this hadn't been done by tuesday, the iranians would have further reduced some of their obligations and that would have created more of a problem in making sure that the united states came back into compliance with the agreement. it is important to keep in mind that the united states is outside of the deal and the mandate to lift sanctions is in order for the us to be in compliance with the deal. the us cannot have those sanctions on iran if it is part of the deal because the deal lifted those sanctions. so what the iea has done is give more time for diplomacy to be resolved and this is absolutely resolvable, itjust has to happen behind the scenes rather than through public statements that unfortunately tends to just push the two sides further away from each other. so both sides owe a lot to the iea right now to make sure more time is given for diplomacy. how is it resolvable? well, what could be done and should be done is that choreography

trita parsi is the executive vice president of the quincy institute for responsible statecraft and the enemy: obama, iran, and the triumph of diplomacy�*. hejoins us from northern virginia. doctor, northern virginia. thank you so much for joining us. doctor, thank you so much for joining us. this i.e. a a visit, just a holding pattern or anything significant, because i this is important because i this is important because if this hadn�*t been done by tuesday, the iranians would have further reduced some of their obligations and that would have created more of a problem in making sure that the united states came back into compliance with the agreement. it is important to keep in mind that the united states is outside of the deal and the mandate to lift sanctions is in orderfor the us to be in compliance with the deal. the us cannot have those sanctions on iran if it is part of the deal because the deal lifted those sanctions. what the iea has done is give more time for diplomacy to be resolved and this is absolutely resolvable, just has to happen behind the scenes. that is rather than t

in turnaround also many thanks indeed for the posse is the executive vice president of the quincy institute's he joins us now live via skype from washington d.c. good to have you with us again so the u.s. has accepted this invitation from the e.u. to sit down with iran and the other signatories full informal talks we don't know when it's going to happen yet but at least it's a clear signal that the u.s. is willing once again to engage absolutely and it's a very positive that in order to signal a ticket mindful of the fact that the expectation was that the signal would come much sooner it's 4 weeks obviously 4 weeks is a not a long period of time under normal circumstances but this is not a normal circumstance because of national deadlines that exist when he comes to the u.s. the able to return to the 11th rather is this much less that 9 it was mentioned there are accused of more import of that 9 is that the iranians are hot and i'm action in june which means that from mid march and forward they're not really going to be able to engage the status it be in any negotiations that to get this done

discuss this with michael when he struck for the east asia programme for the quincy institute joins me now from calling in maryland via skype good to be with the program very strong words from the u.s. initially but actions speak louder than words what would you like president biden to do right now. well i think the statements that have come out of the white house and from president biden have been a good start i do think that by the ministration really needs to stay very strongly its opposition and be able to take actions against the military coup and against the government that would result from that and demand that they have a return to the results of the previous election and not the need to hold new elections this is clearly an effort by the military within thailand to overturn the elected government and their party in myanmar but i do think that the u.s. administration needs to be clear that it needs to focus on developments in myanmar and not on issues relating to u.s. china strategic rivalry which i think has been too much the emphasis on past administrations in looking a polic

us now via skype from the united states is trees of ours is executive vice president of the quincy institutefor responsible state crafts we have 2 different positions from tehran and washington but there is perhaps this attempt by the i.a.e.a. the un's nuclear watchdog to try and forge a way forward does this understanding between iran and the i.a.e.a. counteract the cutback in inspections mandated by iran's parliament. it hopefully does it essentially is making sure that the crisis that likely would have occurred on tuesday when that law goes into effect will not become as deep of a crisis that could cause the collapse of talks altogether it is not perfect in any way shape or form at the end of the day diana is going to get less access than he had before but it is far superior to a situation in which the rania's would have gone forward to fully implement what they had said that they would do so what i think we have seen in the last week now is that both the u.s. and iran have taken half steps the united states to go a half step this last week it didn't lift the sanctions but it did would dr