NATIONAL IRANIAN AMERICAN COUNCIL

CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO A POLICY CONFERENCE ON

BREAKING THE US-IRAN STALEMATE
REASSESSING THE NUCLEAR STRATEGY IN THE
WAKE OF THE MAJLES ELECTIONS

TUESDAY, 8 APRIL 2008
1:45 PM – 6:00 PM
325 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

Refreshments will be served

1:45-2:00 pm
REGISTRATION

2:00-2:15 pm
WELCOMING REMARKS
Dr. Trita Parsi
President, National Iranian American Council

2:15 pm – 3:30 pm
PANEL I: NEW MAJLES, NEW CHALLENGES?
Scott Peterson
Christian Science Monitor

Prof. Ahmad Sadri
Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Lake Forest College

Barbara Slavin
USA Today/USIP

3:45 am – 5:00 pm
PANEL II: BEYOND ZERO ENRICHMENT - FINDING THE NUCLEAR FIX
Dr. Hans Blix
Chairman, Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission (WMDC)
Former Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Ambassador Thomas Pickering
Vice Chairman, Hills & Company
Former Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs

Dr. David Albright
President, Institute for Science and International Security

5:00pm – 5:45 pm
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)

RSVP ONLY
Priority given to Members, Staff and Accredited Media Only

RSVP by April 7 COB to Sara Shokravi at sshokravi@niacouncil.org or (202) 386-6324

Sponsors: Ploughshares Fund, Pluralism Fund, Kenbe Foundation, Colombe Foundation, Lee & Gund Foundation