Is Iran About to Become Our New Best Friend?
Monday, November 4, 2013
Time: 12:22 PM
Museum of Contemporary Art
250 South Grand Ave.
Los Angeles
Phone: 3109098890
Email: jessica@zocalopublicsquare.org
Time: 12:22 PM
Museum of Contemporary Art
250 South Grand Ave.
Los Angeles
Phone: 3109098890
Email: jessica@zocalopublicsquare.org
Add to CalendarTuesday, November 5, 2013, 7:30 PM
Is Iran About to Become Our New Best Friend?
A Zócalo/Occidental College Event
Moderated by George Lewis, Former Foreign Correspondent, NBC News
This fall, for the first time since the days of disco, the president of the United States and the leader of Iran spoke directly by phone. Iran’s newly elected president, Hassan Rouhani, is taking steps to end his country’s international isolation. But it’s hard to tell if Rouhani and his moderate allies are serious about effecting change—or if they’re merely making promises in order to get economic sanctions lifted. And, given how much power resides in the conservative establishment, Rouhani may not have any real chance of changing Iran. What might it mean for both countries–and for the dynamics of the Middle East—if the U.S. and Iran were, once again, to become real allies? How would a relationship reset affect oil prices, our relationship with Israel, and life for Iranian-Americans here? Occidental College political scientist Hussein Banai, co-author ofBecoming Enemies: U.S.-Iran Relations and the Iran-Iraq War, 1979-1988, Asia Society vice president of global policy programs Suzanne DiMaggio, and Occidental College historian Thaddeus Russell visit Zócalo to discuss whether we may be entering a new era in the relationship between the U.S. and Iran, and how it could change both nations and the world.
Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)
250 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA
Parking $9 at the Walt Disney Concert Hall garage. Enter from Second St., just west of Grand Ave.
Posted by Zócalo Public Square.
Reviewed/approved by talieshah -.
Is Iran About to Become Our New Best Friend?
A Zócalo/Occidental College Event
Moderated by George Lewis, Former Foreign Correspondent, NBC News
This fall, for the first time since the days of disco, the president of the United States and the leader of Iran spoke directly by phone. Iran’s newly elected president, Hassan Rouhani, is taking steps to end his country’s international isolation. But it’s hard to tell if Rouhani and his moderate allies are serious about effecting change—or if they’re merely making promises in order to get economic sanctions lifted. And, given how much power resides in the conservative establishment, Rouhani may not have any real chance of changing Iran. What might it mean for both countries–and for the dynamics of the Middle East—if the U.S. and Iran were, once again, to become real allies? How would a relationship reset affect oil prices, our relationship with Israel, and life for Iranian-Americans here? Occidental College political scientist Hussein Banai, co-author ofBecoming Enemies: U.S.-Iran Relations and the Iran-Iraq War, 1979-1988, Asia Society vice president of global policy programs Suzanne DiMaggio, and Occidental College historian Thaddeus Russell visit Zócalo to discuss whether we may be entering a new era in the relationship between the U.S. and Iran, and how it could change both nations and the world.
Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)
250 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA
Parking $9 at the Walt Disney Concert Hall garage. Enter from Second St., just west of Grand Ave.
Posted by Zócalo Public Square.
Reviewed/approved by talieshah -.
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