barbara slavin: indeed. john limbert: if there had been congressional oversight and congress had decided, no, this is not right, we would've had to get on a plane and go back to tehran. that is the -- and i have noticed that the wording seems to be, the people are being very careful. one side seems we talking about oversight, the other about consultation. as we know in this town, these are very different things. barbara slavin: indeed. the lady right here. i'm so glad we got the executive agreement that got them out of tehran. >> we talked about how there is been a bit of this e-mail wall between the syrian conflict and that nuclear negotiations, and how their -- how the administration seems more amenable to saudi concerns than israeli concerns. with that same wall exist for the kind of conflict in yemen the tween the saudis and the --. will that be a similar wall, or that be more difficult to negotiate in terms of saudi concerns within the nuclear agreement? barbara slavin: i think that syria is a more seri

barbara slavin: thank you john, that was well put. i would add in terms of these negotiations, and all that's always seemed that nuclear program as a method bargaining chip. this is their take it back into the international community. i think one of the reasons why these negotiations are so hard is that you can only play this card once. iran wants to make sure it gets the maximum in return and that it is not going to be cheated. one of the reasons why iran is worried about being cheated is because of the u.s. congress. they are deathly afraid they will agree to put these restrictions on the nuclear program, and then congress will impede a deal, will prevent the act, administration -- obama administration from implementing video. if you could talk about the dynamics in congress and what you think john kerry and his negotiating team needs to come up with in luzon or even -- geneva, in order to stave off congressional opposition. jamal: thank you barbara. thank you to the world affairs council. barbara is one of the best analysts working

visit ncicap.org] barbara slavin: what can i say? i know it is raining outside. but in here the sun is shining. i joked on twitter that the atlantic council one that think tank lottery, because when we planned this event, i had a feeling they would not meet the self-imposed deadline of march 31 for some sort of political understanding or framework. indeed, i was right. we are the first think tank in washington to be able to discuss the historic events that happened in lausanne switzerland. i am absolutely delighted. i am barbara slavin, and i coordinate the iran task force and the atlantic council. i ask you to check out our website. we have a new statement that is out on our task force that includes esteemed individuals in this town -- a lot of foreign-policy experts and nuclear experts. of course, all of you, by now, have read some of the details of this agreement. we will look at it in more detail and specificity. there's plenty of skepticism out there from israel, from some of the arab states across the persian gulf, and certainly from congress, about the nat

barbara, if you could jump in that, too. ms. slavin: what kerry did was an excellent first step. i hear a public welcome to secretaries of state to the atlantic council. they were coming and saying how much they like it. i think that would be very helpful. kelsey, what do you think in terms of non-proliferation? david albright, i have not seen him quoted. have you? do you think the gatekeepers the nuclear experts, will provide some backing? ms. davenport: in terms of the non-proliferation element, these numbers don't lie. we are moving from 2 to 3 months to break out to over 12 months to break out. the conditions on plutonium do not lie. i think what we have seen is that the numbers do not line up to the promise. there are details that need to be resolved, but based on the parameters how they have been laid out, you can tell that the p5+1 is discussing this. there is a plan forward. i think the u.s. congress is a significant obstacle. less from a sanctions perspective, but i am concerned about defining the role of congress moving forward, such as the corker legislation which woul