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Have that in a position not that dissimilar to japan then they can dash to a bomb with limited risk of detection, much less retaliation so this is a longer pat weapon but it's a more reliable and safer path. jenna: because you worked inside the administration what can you tell us about how you feel the white house views iran and whether or not america in general has a good understanding of who exactly they're dealing with? >> well i think that the secretary's comments today have to be taken -- you take him at his word. administration is trying to have a deal from its perspective limits iran's ...
Think of what's transpired, the back and forth between the white house and the senators on this letter? >> well, i think it highlights the fact there's a lot of disappointed on the hill about what the executive branch is doing in the negotiations. there's this is the difference between republicans and the white house. and i think that president would be wise to try to bridge these gaps opposed to exacerbate them. ultimately in practice any deal negotiated has to be based on some sort of domestic consensus which is not there. jenna: one of the topics you've written on is iran's approach to the ...
Get what they want. so in that particular sense i think they do want an arms agreement. as far as how we understand iran it's a very opaque system. it's a very difficult system to penetrate. we don't have an embassy there. the iranian system is particularly complicated with many sanctions of power and background dealings. i'm not sure if anybody really has a god grasp of it but it's the leadership at the highest level that has a lack understanding of how the united states functions works and deals with each other. jenna: we'll have to keep that in mind as we're continuing to watch negotiations...
Washington or backing down to demands. whatever they do, they want something substantial in return. they want to be treated as equals. they want their nuclear program to be recognized, maybe most importantly for iranians, they want some of those tough economic sanctions to be eased. >> reza sayah, thanks very much. up next in our "the situation room" special report is iran's president realy serious about better relations with the united states? i'll talk to a man who spend hours with president rowhani this weeks in new york. and the latest on the federal government shundown threat here in ...