To moderate this extremely timely panel about the iranian elections and also about President Trumps visit to the middle east. Before we start, i want to thank congressman jared huffman, thanks to him we have the room. Also the fund and the Rockefeller Fund for supporting the work that we do. Weve got a great panel. E work. Weve got a great panel. We will start with a bestselling author of fabulous books about iran including the ayatollah begs to differ and the ayatollahs democracy. He has spent a lot of time going back and forth between the u. S. And iran and he certainly understands the political dynamics of the country very well. Then we will have a cofounder and executive director of the International Civil Society Action network. She has published extensively on gender, peace and Security Issues and also knows a great deal about iran and regional dynamics. Finally nyack Research Director and he came here after serving at the state department in the office of iranian affairs. We wil
To moderate this extremely timely panel about the iranian elections and also about President Trumps visit to the middle east. Before we start, i want to thank congressman jared huffman, thanks to him we have the room. Also the fund and the Rockefeller Fund for supporting the work that we do. Weve got a great panel. E work. Weve got a great panel. We will start with a bestselling author of fabulous books about iran including the ayatollah begs to differ and the ayatollahs democracy. He has spent a lot of time going back and forth between the u. S. And iran and he certainly understands the political dynamics of the country very well. Then we will have a cofounder and executive director of the International Civil Society Action network. She has published extensively on gender, peace and Security Issues and also knows a great deal about iran and regional dynamics. Finally nyack Research Director and he came here after serving at the state department in the office of iranian affairs. We wil
To moderate this extremely timely panel about the iranian elections and also about President Trumps visit to the middle east. Before we start, i want to thank congressman jared huffman, thanks to him we have the room. Also the fund and the Rockefeller Fund for supporting the work that we do. Weve got a great panel. E work. Weve got a great panel. We will start with a bestselling author of fabulous books about iran including the ayatollah begs to differ and the ayatollahs democracy. He has spent a lot of time going back and forth between the u. S. And iran and he certainly understands the political dynamics of the country very well. Then we will have a cofounder and executive director of the International Civil Society Action network. She has published extensively on gender, peace and Security Issues and also knows a great deal about iran and regional dynamics. Finally nyack Research Director and he came here after serving at the state department in the office of iranian affairs. We wil
National iranian American Council. If everybody could take their seats, we are almost ready to start. [inaudible conversations] welcome, everyone. I direct a program on iran at the Atlantic Council and i am absolutely delighted the National Iranian American Council has asked me to moderate this extremely timely panel about the irani and elections and Donald Trumps visit to the middle east. Before we start i want to thank jared huffman. Thanks to him we have the room. The Arc Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation for supporting the work that many of us in washington do. We have had a great panel. We are going to start with hooman majd, bestselling author of fabulous books about iran including the ayatollah begs to differ and the ayatollahs democracy. He spent a lot of time going back and forth between the us and iran and understands the political dynamics of the country very well. Then we will have sanam naraghianderlini, cofounder and executive director of the International Civil S
Seats. We are almost ready to start. Welcome everyone. I am barbara slavin. I am absolutely delighted that the National Iranian American Council has asked me to moderate this timely panel about the iranian elections. Before we start, i want to think congressman jared huffman, thanks to him we have the room. The Rockefeller Brothers fund for supporting the work that we do. We have a great panel. Hooman majd. T with he spent a lot of time going back and forth between the u. S. And ironic. He understands the political dynamic. We will have sanam naraghianderlini. Also, knows a lot about regional dynamics. Reza marashi. We will again up with a few questions from me and we will open up to you. Lots and lots to talk about. Let me begin by asking the panelists for their impressions of a split screen reality that we had over the last few days. We had a iranians dancing in the streets because they elected the elected president rouhani and we had President Trump giving a stern warning. What are