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BAIAD (www.baiad.org) Presents:

An educational event entitled:

IRAN’S NUCLEAR ISSUE, Peering through the Fog of Nuclear Proliferation

Keynote Speakers:

Dr. Ivan Eland
Director, Center on Peace & Liberty, The Independent Institute

Dr. Eland is a leading expert on U.S. defense policy and national security. His latest book is titled: The Empire Has No Clothes

Dr. Ali Nayeri
Research Affiliate, MIT
Visiting Professor, University of Florida

Dr. Nayeri is co-founder and member of the board of directors of the Iranian Studies Group (ISG) at MIT.

Topics include:
- What are the technical, political and historical facts surrounding this issue?

- What rational options does the Bush administration have for dealing with Iran?

- What role should the IAEA and international law play?

Sunday, Jan 23, 5:00 - 7:30 pm, FAZ Restaurant, 1108 North Mathilda Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA
Admission: $10/person (free for BAIAD members)
This program will be in English. For more information:
see www.baiad.org or email info@baiad.org

About Dr. Ivan Eland:
Dr. Eland is a graduate of Iowa State University and received an M.B.A. in applied economics and Ph.D. in national security policy from George Washington University. He has been Director of Defense Policy Studies at the Cato Institute, Principal Defense Analyst at the Congressional Budget Office, Evaluator-in-Charge (national security and intelligence) for the U.S. General Accounting Office, and Investigator for the House Foreign Affairs Committee. He has testified on the military and financial aspects of NATO expansion before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and CIA oversight before the House Government Reform Committee.

Dr. Eland is the author of The Efficacy of Economic Sanctions as a Foreign Policy Tool, a contributor to numerous volumes, and the author of forty-five in-depth studies on national security issues. His articles have appeared in Arms Control Today, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Emory Law Journal, The Independent Review, Issues in Science and Technology (National Academy of Sciences), Mediterranean Quarterly, Middle East and International Review, Middle East Policy, Nexus, and Northwestern Journal of International Affairs.

Dr. Eland’s popular writings have appeared in such publications as the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Houston Chronicle, Dallas Morning News, Insight, San Diego Union-Tribune, Washington Post, Miami Herald, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Newsday, Sacramento Bee, Orange County Register, Chicago Sun-Times, Washington Times and Defense News. He has appeared on ABC’s “World News Tonight,’ NPR’s “Talk of the Nation,” PBS, Fox News Channel, CNBC, CNN, CNN “Crossfire,” CNN-fn, C-SPAN, MSNBC, CBC, Radio Free Europe, Voice of America, BBC, and other local, national, and international TV and radio programs.

About Dr. Ali Nayeri:
After receiving his PhD in Theoretical Physics from MIT in 1999, Dr. Ali Nayeri was appointed as a Postdoctoral Associate at the Department of Physics at MIT for 2 years and as a Postdoctoral Fellow at MIT Center for Theoretical Physics for an additional year. Since 2002, he has been a Research Affiliate at MIT and he is currently also a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Institute for Fundamental Theory at University of Florida. His fields of research include Early Universe and Inflation, Semi-Classical Theory of Gravity, and Alternative Cosmologies. He has also been working on application of physics on social sciences and sociology, and has given numerous talks on popularizing science and on sociology and physics.

About BAIAD - Bay Area Iranian-American Democrats:
BAIAD is a grassroots political organization that stands for protecting the rights and interests of Iranian-Americans by empowering the Iranian-American political voice. BAIAD seeks to promote social justice through political participation, grassroots activism, public and political advocacy, and education. BAIAD is in the process of being chartered and officially recognized by the Democratic Party. For more information please call: (510) 595-3684 or email: info@baiad.org

This is intended to be an educational event. The opinions expressed are not necessarily the official views of BAIAD.