serve as an insurance policy in future nuclear talks but the policy director of the national iranian american council thinks this is just a pretext for something much while. they claim that this is not a violation of the interim deal it is a violation of the interim deal the deal says no new sanctions this imposes new sanctions there's a lot of word games being played but really it comes down to these senators don't want to see a deal they don't want to see a diplomatic solution they view this as their way or the highway either. iran completely capitulates potentially you have a regime change or something like that or the united states is going to go to war and i think that probably president obama and the u.s. negotiators would rather be focused on go sharing with iran to get a nuclear deal rather than having to negotiate with hardliners in the senate just to protect the nuclear deal that he's already achieved so he's in a very tough spot and i think this really undermines the position of the united states going into those negotiate negotiations because it conveys his message that the president is n

an insurance policy in future new kid told the journal of the policy director of the national iranian american council says listen attentively to his own deadline washington's role in any dunno. they claimed that this is that not a violation of the interim deal that is a violation of the interim deal that the deal says no new sanctions this impose new sanctions has a lot of outdoor games being played but really it comes down to the senators don't want to see idea. they don't want to see a diplomatic solution that they do this as there where the highway there have you gone completely capitulate. potentially you have a regime change or something like that for the united states to go to work and i think that guy probably president obama and his and us negotiators would rather be focused on line negotiating with the wrong idea that nuclear deal rather than having to negotiate with hardliners in the senate. i just to protect nuclear deal that he's already achieved. so he's a very tough slog i think this really undermines the position that states going into us to go see it negotiations because it conveys a

gerard de policy director of the national iranian american council thinks centers supporting the bill aren't afraid of putting the nuclear deal in jeopardy because they are interested in a diplomatic solution. they claimed that this is not a violation of the interim deal that is a violation of the interim deal that the deal says no new sanctions this impose new sanctions has a lot of word games being played but really it comes down to the senators don't want to see idea. they don't want to see a diplomatic solution that they do this as to where the height of the time. have you gone completely capitulate. potentially you have a regime change or something like that for the united states to go to work and i think that guy probably president obama. us negotiators would rather be focused on line. negotiating with you on to the nuclear deal. rather than having to negotiate with hardliners in the senate. i just to protect nuclear deal that he's all t so he's a very tough spot because billy undermine the position of that state's pointed toes to go see it negotiations because it conveys a mess

for a special bigger picture panel discussion on iran and the iranian nuclear deal our deep policy director the national id and american council gold legislative associate for middle east policy at the friends committee on national legislation and john isaacs executive director of the center for arms control and colorful proliferation and a small case thank you for joining us tonight we're going to we're going to have. thoughtful in-depth conversation over the next two segments so let me start with you the this is a bill that was proposed the so-called nuclear free ran act of twenty thirteen senate bill one thousand nine hundred one has a trickle trigger mechanism built into it president obama has to certify every thirty days that iran is meeting certain conditions and if not then. blooey go the holding off of the sanctions sanctions go back on. is there you know supporters of the of the deal say that having this passed through congress is going to put some meat on the bones of of the negotiations that are happening or of the agreement that's going into effect on monday anything to you. know there's the opposite is actually tr