Forum on Iran set for Wednesday

With the Bush administration going into its final months in office, one of the big questions remains whether Washington will launch a military strike against Tehran. Seymour Hersh has reported on the outlook for US military action against Iran. 

Here in Providence, some local activists plan a free forum (with refreshments) on Wednesday:

On August 6, 2008, at 7:00 PM the RI Mobilization Committee to Stop War and Occupation, a committee of area peace/antiwar groups, is holding a forum on Iran in the Social Room at the Beneficent Church at 300 Weybosset Street in Providence.

The forum is featuring an outstanding panel of speakers on Iran. One is Dr. Kaveh Afrasiabi, the author of numerous books and articles on Iran, including the forthcoming book entitled Iran Foreign Policy after September 11, which he co-authored with Abbas Maliki. Dr. Afrasiabi is currently at the Paris Institute for Strategic Studies and serves on the Board of Directors of CASMII (Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran.) He will be speaking on the culture of Iran and the current political thinking and attitudes of the Iranian people.
 
Dr. Jo-Anne Hart, a visiting professor at the Watson Institute at Brown University, whose area of expertise includes US strategy in the Middle East, will talk about the political implications of any attack against Iran. Dr. Hart was featured on MSNBCʼs Hardball where she faced off against John Bolton on the consequences of a "limited" attack on  Iran. Michael Jackson, a researcher at Brown and professor of political science at Stonehill College, will give the audience an overview of the history of the ancient country of Persia, now known as Iran.