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Inside iran any more than it could inside egypt. >> that's the president talking there about egypt and iran, so what are the chances of change in iran? is there anything the obama administration can do to help? joining me, the director of the iran program at the century foundation and national security network and also here, the founder and president of the national iranian-american council. let me start first with what we heard from reza and what we saw in iran today. members of the parliament, looking like a mob, calling for the prosecution and the execution of the two leading opposition fig...

Beat people and arrest people. and, you know, my hope and expectation is that we're going to continue to see the people of iran have the courage to be able to express their yearning for greater freedoms and a more representative government. understanding that america cannot ultimately dictate what happens inside of iran any more than it could inside egypt. ultimately, these are sovereign countries that are going to have to make their own decisions. what we can do is lend moral support to those who are seeking a better life for themselves. obviously, we're concerned about stability throughout t...

Evolution. >> inside egypt, what is the likelihood in your view of a more radical, a more islamist government emerging? you heard people talk about if mubarak steps aside, you know, muslim brotherhood will seize power s that possible? >> of course it's brotherhood will seize power. is that possible? >> is it possible? it's possible. but i wouldn't say that it's a danger. when you go into a situation like this, the trend line is for the center of the political discussion to move in a more radical direction. >> what about a domino affect? we have had other demonstrations in the region, will this...

Sort of praising mubarak and expressing appreciation to hosni mubarak, but on the other hand also expressing appreciation to those martyrs as they're commonly called in arabic, those people who died in that struggle so it's very interesting how in terms of public relations what the military is doing on this important day. >> you know, it's also fascinating, especially to those of us who watched egyptian state media over the years earlier today even before the official announcement from the vice president that mubarak was stepping down, we saw those anchor, those journalists apologizing to the ...

Born in the ole regime and it was the people that would take over which as you see -- the people, just a little bit of them, so now finally we are free from this bad regime, has been taken over, the power of the egyptians and now we're going to see egypt within the next five years be strongest in the middle east. >> reporter: what happens next? what happens tomorrow? >> what happens, everybody will cool down. everybody will go home and start working. there will be hope. before there was no hope but from now on, they will see another hope, you will see another -- we will see that we will be pro...