>> The Trump administration is moving to end the war in Iran following a new agreement with that country signed last week.

The 2 sides now have 60 days to finalize a deal with major sticking points.

Still to come, including the future of Iran's nuclear program.

Joining us to break down the memorandum is Ari on to bottom by vice president research security and defense at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

Thank you for joining us.

Arya want to get straight to it.

Break down the memorandum of understanding what is it and how is it different from a formal agreement?

>> Yes, sure.

First of all, thank you for having As you said, is memorandum of understanding which is essentially an interim deal or a stepping stone toward a final comprehensive deal that would put an end to this conflict and what results, some outstanding issues between the United States and Iran.

The main issue, it is going to be concerned with is Iran's nuclear program.

And it is noteworthy that what the memorandum understanding lays out is that the final agreement would actually kind of ignore some key issues, including Iran's missile program or U.S.

human rights and Iran's support for terrorist groups and proxies throughout the region.

So the deal essentially front load some sanctions relief for Iran allowing its recover economically.

essentially hazare on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, which will obviously have been a big sticking points.

And one of the reasons why, you know, the Trump administration have been under tremendous pressure to find a diplomatic solution to try to bring this war to a pause, at least for now.

And then ultimately to an end.

>> Now you you talked about a lot different points that I want to get to.

But one of the questions that have I have is how does deal compared to agreements the U.S.

has made with other countries in the past?

Is this framework hominin in U.S.

foreign policy or unusual?

>> Well, listen, you typically do need some sort of interim deal.

framework deal had to be able to kind of lay out the groundwork for what comes next.

I think what is different here is number one that the disagreement is very does not actually included time detail on some very technical, very challenging complex issues like Iran's nuclear program.

The Obama administration, you'll recall, concluded what was known as the Iran nuclear deal or the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

2015.

It had a similar situation where it had interim deal that was not at the joint plan of action ahead of that final agreement.

But that deal was very, very detailed.

It was full of legal speak and really try to kind of cross the T's and dot the I's.

And we're just not seeing that year.

The second thing that I think is really important for folks to know is that a lot of the language in this and will you this memorandum of understanding Israeli around wish list that these are things that are on have been wanting out of previous administrations, including first Trump administration, but also the Biden administration.

The Obama administration.

It never got that language because it is just, you know, very problematic for us.

Domestic politics perspective and from a national security perspective.

So it's really noteworthy my mind, really challenging that this agreement concede so much to Ron in terms of the language of the framing.

Of the issues.

>> playing your I'm guessing you're play your really paying close attention to what's going to happen.

You mentioned something else about the Strait of Hormuz.

As we know the U.S.

and Iran agreed to open it up.

Could that have any impact on gas prices in the U.S.?

>> Let's yeah, I think yes, However, I think a lot depends on how this implementation process goes over the next.

It's now less than 60 days since the family was concluded last But over the next kind of month have a 6 weeks or self, we're already seeing how fragile this you is.

There is already been incidents that, you know, are are really testing the animal.

You and a lot can happen on the run inside.

You know that there is a I never underestimate Iran's ability to squander an opportunity resolve things that politically Israel, of course, will get votes.

And so a lot can happen in the next 50 or so days.

That mean that you just falls apart and it's entirely possible will never actually get to a final comprehensive deal.

>> That's interesting.

And Ari, you just mentioned Israel.

The Israelis were not part of these negotiations.

How are they likely viewing this?

>> Well, not well has been a source of tension with the Trump administration.

And, you know, the kind of disagreements between the 2 sides are becoming a lot more public at these days.

Another thing that is note worthy of this in U.S.

that the Trump administration, as you know, Israel is not at the negotiating table and and will you between the United States and Iran does essentially deal with the issue of whether Israel may or may not do at Lebanon.

And the Israelis have know that that they're not going to held accountable for what the Trump administration is agreeing other you have.

So they're already opposing the animal you.

They're already saying that they're not going to be abiding by it.

So it is likely, in my view that Israel will do what Israel in the region pursuing its own policies and the pathway from the Trump administration.

The United States, which will also test this agreement further.

>> And looking ahead where the biggest you talked about, a lot of different sticking points.

You know, one of the biggest sticking points as negotiations continue over the next 60 days.

What are you playing out?

Paying close attention to.

>> Well, one anything that happens on the ground can jeopardize the negotiations.

That could be things like, you know, protests in Iran bake breaking out as we saw earlier in the year or oppression, mass scale repression by the regime that pressure the Trump administration to approach the Iran issue.

Differently.

There could be attacks by Iranian proxies in the region that again test this you and the pressure on the administration to change course.

There is domestic pressure here in the U.S.

that is noteworthy as well that you know any negotiations with Iran tend to be viewed with a lot of skepticism among Republicans, especially and this this particular animal you is already dividing the president's base and the Republican Party more generally.

So that could also play a role.

And finally, the complexity of it all this is, you know, again, we're dealing with a nuclear program that in itself is incredibly technical.

incredibly complicated and having to do it in a 60 day is is really, really difficult, especially at a time when the administration has really it has do actions of others I