Welcome. Thank for making the effort to get here on this snow day. Not really but that qualifies her in washington. Needless to say i dont think any of us expected here in the first week of 2018 the iran story we are focusing on is the story of protest and the mystic unrest with the biggest demonstrations we have seen since 2009 on the contrary was the question of sanctions and waivers of the jcp away and efforts of congress to amend that legislation. That is in play but now cast in a different light. So now we have our experts for the implications for u. S. Policy from different angles. I will introduce folks the order i will call them. Patrick is the morningstar senior fellow director of research at the institute and will look at the background of these protests. What is happening inside iran economically to his the unrest. Then return to our colleague that is one of the most skillful interpreters where they might be going in the future. Then return to my guys instead as the director
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