List of Persian/Iranian Events for 2008-02-11

Real Diplomacy Works—Military Threats Don't



February 11: San Francisco, CA

-7:00 pm at Grace Cathedral in the Nave, 1100 California at Taylor Street. Free with Book Signings





Co-sponsored by American Friends Service Committee, Bay Area Iranian-American Voter Association, Bay Area Iranian-American Democrats, Bay Area Physicians for Social Responsibility, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Global Exchange, Just Foreign Policy, National Iranian American Council, Northern California Chapter of the Iranian American Bar Association, The Pluralism Fund, and Peace Action West.





Journalists Stephen Kinzer (former foreign correspondent for the NY Times and author of Overthrow: American’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq);



Barbara Slavin (senior diplomatic reporter for USA TODAY since 1996 and author of a new book on the United States and Iran entitled Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the U.S. and the Twisted Path to Confrontation); and



Reese Erlich (reporter and journalist who works regularly for among others CBC, National Public Radio, San Francisco Chronicle, and the Nation and author of a new book The Iran Agenda: The Real Story of U.S. Policy and the Middle East Crisis).



Contact your Representative to sponsor H.R. 5056, the “Iran Diplomatic Accountability Act of 2008” and ask your Senators to introduce a companion bill in the Senate: go to

http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/iran/act.html



Authors will have their books for sale and signing at the end of the event.





For more information, contact Chelsea Mozen at tour@justforeignpolicy.org and Stephen McNeil at smcneil@afsc.org





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Real Diplomacy Works—Military Threats Don't



February 11: San Francisco, CA

-7:00 pm at Grace Cathedral in the Nave, 1100 California at Taylor Street. Free with Book Signings





Co-sponsored by American Friends Service Committee, Bay Area Iranian-American Voter Association, Bay Area Iranian-American Democrats, Bay Area Physicians for Social Responsibility, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Global Exchange, Just Foreign Policy, National Iranian American Council, Northern California Chapter of the Iranian American Bar Association, The Pluralism Fund, and Peace Action West.





Journalists Stephen Kinzer (former foreign correspondent for the NY Times and author of Overthrow: American’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq);



Barbara Slavin (senior diplomatic reporter for USA TODAY since 1996 and author of a new book on the United States and Iran entitled Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the U.S. and the Twisted Path to Confrontation); and



Reese Erlich (reporter and journalist who works regularly for among others CBC, National Public Radio, San Francisco Chronicle, and the Nation and author of a new book The Iran Agenda: The Real Story of U.S. Policy and the Middle East Crisis).



Contact your Representative to sponsor H.R. 5056, the “Iran Diplomatic Accountability Act of 2008” and ask your Senators to introduce a companion bill in the Senate: go to

http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/iran/act.html



Authors will have their books for sale and signing at the end of the event.





For more information, contact Chelsea Mozen at tour@justforeignpolicy.org and Stephen McNeil at smcneil@afsc.org