pat lang mentioned syria. and yemen. those are places where it would be irreconcilable. >> i don't think that's true because our major opponent in the middle east and maybe eventually in the world is not iran. it's or any group of shiite. it's really in my opinion the sun sunni jihadi movements and they continue to receive sub terrainen support from people in the guntersville. preponderate obama has shown a -- it's very clear that being more cooperative with iran these places would be our interest. >>> author of the lonely war, and jamal abdi. thanks to you all for joining us on today's program. at our new time. >>> i'll be back in a minute with a final thought on pending persian problems. stay with us. it's inside story. nside story. >> i kept trying to make him not

and retired colonel pat ring lang. former intelligence officer from the middle east, south asia intelligence agency. >> can this deal between the permanent mfimembers, including the faustin usengimana, e.u. and iran act as a -- u.s. and e.u., act as a predicate to anything. >> it can, depends on how the sides play their hand. what the deal did was end 35 years of n enemy preventing the u.s. and rain changing in dialogue to resolve their issues. there has been an ebb and flow of cautious outreach on both sides. until now we have not seen something that produced a final agreement. and the fact that we have the u.s. and iran both sign on the bottom line for this agreement - it's an open door. the challenge now, does this bring new opportunities to engage on an issue. the two sides know they have a lot in common and disagreement. but the next few months and years will decide a strategic opening, where they take some of the political capital, taking it and using it to address other challenges. >> i think iran is a divided c