List of Persian/Iranian Events for 2007-05-21

Treacherous Triangle - The Secret Dealings of Iran, Israel and the United States
A public lecture by Trita Parsi, Johns Hopkins University


Trita Parsi is the author of Treacherous Triangle - The Secret Dealings of Iran, Israel and the United States (Yale University Press, 2007.) He wrote his Doctoral thesis on Israeli-Iranian relations at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in 2006. He is a co-founder and current President of the National Iranian American Council (www.niacouncil.org), a non-partisan, non-profit organization promoting Iranian-American participation in American civic life. He is also a frequent commentator on US-Iranian relations and Middle Eastern affairs, and has appeared on BBC World News, PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, CNN, Al Jazeera, C-Span, NPR, MSNBC, Voice of America and British Channel 4.

This lecture is part of the Center's Persian Lecture Series.


Date: Monday, May 21, 2007

Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Bunche Hall 10383
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA 90095
US

Cost: Free


For more information please contact
Peter Szanton, Center for Near Eastern Studies
Tel: (310) 825-1455
pszanton@international.ucla.edu
www.international.ucla.edu/cnes


Sponsor(s): Center for Near Eastern Studies

Dr. Nassim Assefi, women's health specialist, humanitarian aid worker, and debut novelist will be reading from her novel ARIA at Dutton's Bookstore in Brentwood. 11975 San Vicente Blvd. LA, CA 90049, (310) 476-6263. There will also be a booksigning at Ketab the following day, May 22, at 5pm: 1419 Westwood Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90024 (310) 477-7477



see www.nassimassefi.com for details

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