kipper she is director of middle east programs at the institute of world affairs and we also have flynt leverett he is a professor at penn state and author of the new book i'm going to to round why the u.s. must come to terms with the islamic republic of iran there's just the two of us and myself could cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i really encourage it flipped if i can go to you first what drives american foreign policy towards iran very simple question maybe a complicated answer i think that what really drives american foreign policy toward iran is a post cold war determination on the part of the united states to dominate the middle east to to play hegemonic role in the middle east to micromanage political outcomes in key middle eastern states so that those states strategic orientation is subordinated to u.s. foreign policy preferences and the middle east has a regional order which is essentially run by the united states from that perspective the problem with the islamic republic of iran. is that it won't play along with this with this kind

sanctions imposed over iran's nuclear program my colleague spoke to flynt and hillary mann leverett former national security council and state department officials they believe that neither side in the heated dispute will ever give it. there is a constraint in washington not not in terror on that at this point many of the saying have been written into u.s. law and president obama even if iran did everything the u.s. wants to do on the nuclear issue he's not able to lift many of the sanctions now and last he also was able to certify that congress that iran is cut off all ties to groups that the u.s. government insists on calling. terrorist organizations and it's basically become a secular liberal state obama and the united states are now him in on sanctions and so even if iran offered up some concessions which is hilary said i don't think it's going to do it's not really clear ron would get much in return a new round of u.s. sanctions are coming into order on july first how do you see the next leader handling this long standing issue each of the candidates that have been put before the iran