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AIC
UPDATE - July
2006 | Vol. 3 | No. 47
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| Interview with Dr. Shireen Hunter on US-Iran Relations |
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Dr. Amirahmadi: Today is February 16, 2006. This is
Hooshang Amirahmadi, speaking with Dr. Shireen
Hunter at her office in Washington, D.C., at the
Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at
Georgetown University.
Shireen, thank you for accepting our invitation to
speak with us at the American Iranian Council. This
interview will most likely be published twice, first
online in AIC Update, and then later in AIC Insight.
Shireen, you have been on the board of the American
Iranian Council for a long time. You were a founding
member of the American Iranian Council, and you
have been party to nearly every event we have
organized. You have also been a constant observer
of US-Iranian relations for many years. More
recently, you have shifted your focus to Islam,
because it has become very critical to understand
Islam in order to understand Iran and what is going
on in rest of the Middle East today...
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| Science, Religion, and the Bomb - William Grassie |
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I want to thank the organizers and sponsors of this
First Iranian International Congress on Religion and
Science. Many years and a lot of hard work brought
us to this event. Much study and thought has gone
into preparing the many wonderful lectures. Thank
you also for your gracious hospitality in hosting us. I
hope there will be many more such opportunities in
the future to listen and learn from each other.
Concurrent with the planning of this Congress has
been a growing conflict between Iran and the West
about Iran’s nuclear ambitions, not to mention the US
invasion of Iraq on the pretext of finding weapons of
mass destruction. And so I want to address some of
these sensitive political and military issues with you
today, because science and religion also are also
involved in these debates about international
relations and military power. In the history of
nuclear armaments, science and religion intersect in
multiple and profound ways...
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| Iran in the Israel-Lebanon Crisis - Keyvon Afshari |
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In the ongoing Israel-Lebanon crisis, Lebanon’s
infrastructure has suffered severe damage, and
officials estimate that as many as 800,000 people
have been displaced within the country. More than
380 Lebanese and 42 Israelis have died over nearly
two weeks of conflict in Lebanon, which began after
Hezbollah captured two Israeli soldiers in a cross-
border raid on 12 July.
Secretary Rice recently paid a surprise visit to Beirut
on Monday (July 24th) and is now visiting the
Palestinian-controlled territories to reassure both
groups that America is sympathetic to their suffering,
even though it has stopped short of pressuring Israel
to let up on its campaign to root out militants. “It is
time for a new Middle East,” Rice said. “It is time to
say to those that don't want a different kind of
Middle East that we will prevail. They will not.”...
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| Meet the AIC Board Members: Shireen Hunter |
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Shireen Hunter is the director of Islamic Studies at
the Center for
Strategic and International Studies in Washington,
D.C. From
1966-1978, she was a member of the Iranian Foreign
Service, serving
abroad in London, New York (at the UN), and
Geneva. Dr.
Hunter has a Ph.D. from the Institut Universitaire de
Hautes Etudes
Internationales in Geneva. Her books include OPEC
and the Third World:
Politics of Aid; The Politics of Islamic Revivalism; Iran
and the
World:
Continuity in the Revolutionary Decade; and Iran
After Khomeini. Dr.
Hunter has appeared in many leading foreign policy
journals and is a
member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She has
also published
books about Central Asia.
http://www.american-
iranian.org/home.php?mains=10&subs=124
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The vision of the American Iranian Council is that the
United States and Iran will work together, since their
common interests far outweigh their differences. AIC
also envisions the Iranian-American community
playing an increasingly significant role in American
society, and Iran becoming a democratically
developed member of the global community with full
respect for human rights.
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cooperation and partnership with other organizations,
in bringing the United States and Iran together,
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Iran relations.
2. To serve as a catalyst to educate all Americans,
including Iranian-Americans, regarding this
dialogue.
3. To serve as a forum for discussion of issues of
importance in Iranian society.
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