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Home2015August

Month: August 2015

Legislation and Policy

135 Massachusetts Community Leaders Endorse Iran Deal

August 21, 2015 Cole Harrison

135 Massachusetts leaders from a diverse range of backgrounds wrote today to the Massachusetts Congressional delegation urging them to support the Iran Deal, also called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, when it comes before Congress next month. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey, as […]

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Iran, the United States’ New Custodian in the Middle East

August 16, 2015 Rashin Khosravi

When President Obama’s administration in the fall of 2011 announced its new strategy of pivoting to East Asia in the United States’ foreign policy, no one expected that the implementation of this strategy could alleviate the 36 years of animosity between Iran and the United […]

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Boston City Council Calls for Action on Nuclear Disarmament

August 9, 2015 Cole Harrison

In a resolution passed August 6, the Boston City Council called on President Obama and the Congress to take urgent new measures for nuclear disarmament and proclaimed August 6, 2015 to be Hiroshima Day and August 9, 2015 to be Nagasaki Day in the City […]

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Declaration of the 2015 World Conference against Atomic & Hydrogen Bombs

August 6, 2015 Cole Harrison

The 2015 World Conference Against Atomic & Hydrogen Bombs concluded its work in Hiroshima on August 4.  It issued this declaration:      It will soon be 70 years since atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States.  This year also marks […]

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Does Iran Really Scare You? Misperception and Policy Making

August 4, 2015 Rashin Khosravi

Two weeks ago, I joined a National Iranian American Council delegation to Senator Markey’s office to express our support for the Iran nuclear deal based on our own personal reasons. For me, that was like sipping hot water; on one side I had strong personal […]

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Iran has signed a historic nuclear deal – now it’s Israel’s turn

August 2, 2015 Cole Harrison

by Javad Zarif, Foreign Minister of Iran The Guardian, July 31, 2015 We – Iran and its interlocutors in the group of nations known as the P5+1 – have finally achieved the shared objective of turning the Iranian nuclear programme from an unnecessary crisis into […]

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