being close to being open. if the regime is enlightened and strategic it might be able to reform enough to weather this rocky transition. but there are two other more likely paths. the chaos produces a return to repression or a collapse of the state. iran has the ingredients for a revolution. over half the population is under 30. large numbers of the youth are educated yet unemployed. almost 50 million iranians have smartphones with which they can learn about the world and reformers have consistently raised expectations but never been able to deliver on their promises. but the regime also has instruments of power, ideology, repression all of which it is ready to wield to stay in control. what appears most likely for iran is a period of instability in an already volatile middle east. for more go to cnn.com/fareed and reed my washington post column this week and let s get
this inequality of income status and political rights will lead to some kind of explosion. it will certainly lead to greater polarization and discord and america s action this week will have deepened these fishers and exacerbated those tensions. for more go to cnn.com/fareed and reed my washington post column this week and let s get start started. let me bring in ours to continue on the conversation on the president s controversial move s on jerusalem. richard hoss is the president of foreign relations and author of a world in disarray. a former negotiator and spokesperson for the palestinians. and dory gold was israel s abs
and political rights will lead to some kind of explosion. it will certainly lead to greater polarization and discord and america s action this week will have deepened these fishers and exacerbated those tensions. for more go to cnn.com/fareed and reed my washington post column this week and let s get started. let me bring in ours to continue on the controversial moves on jerusalem. richard hass is the author of a world in disagray. and a member of the executive plo and former spokesman for the palestinians, she s joining us from ramallah. and israel s ambassador to the u.n., president of the jerusalem center for public affairs and joins us from los angeles. what do you think the effect of this decision will be? does it not sim supply ratify reality?