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Iran's Civil Society & Prospects of Peace

Golriz | 25.10.2008 10:44 | Anti-militarism | Social Struggles | Terror War | World

Iranians for Peace is proud to announce its exciting event on Monday 27 October. It is a chance to hear one of the most important figures from the Iranian Civil Society, Baquer Namazi, the chairman of the Board of Directors of "Hamyaran" the Iranian NGO resource center, speak. He will show a short film on their latest projects followed by a presentation. We will then have a distinguished panel focusing on the standoff between Iran and the west and the effects of the forthcoming US election on Iran. Our panelist are: Akbar Etemad, the honorary co-chair of "Iranians for Peace" and the founder of "Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, and Farhang Jahanpour, a tutor at the Department of Continuing Education at the University of Oxford and a former Senior Fulbright Research Scholar at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard.




Iran's Civil Society & Prospects of Peace in Iran-West Stand-off

Film screening, followed by panel discussion


Monday 27 October, 7 pm

Room G3
School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
Thornhaugh Street
Russell Square
London WC1H 0XG

Organised by "Iranians For Peace" in partnership with SOAS Persian Society
www.IraniansForPeace.net

Speakers:

Baquer Namazi

Baquer Namazi is Chairman of the board of directors of "Hamyaran", the Iranian NGO's resource center that was created to strengthen the role, capacity and effectiveness of NGOs in Iran. He has been serving as a senior adviser for Population Council at WANA and a lead social adviser to World Bank. During the period 1970 to 1983 Namazi held several high positions in Iran. He was governor of Khuzestan, the deputy Executive Director for Regionalization (PBO) and a member of the advisory panel of the UN Center for Regional Development, Nagoya.

Akbar Etemad

Dr. Akbar Etemad is honorary co-chair of "Iranians for Peace" and founder of the "Atomic Energy Organization Of Iran", also headed by him from 1974 to 1978. He has been a member of the panel of experts on nuclear reactor shielding for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), as well as a member of the board of UNESCO on educational innovation in Asia, for planning the international university for UNESCO.

Farhang Jahanpour

Dr. Farhang Jahanpour is a tutor at the Department of Continuing Education at the University of Oxford and a former professor and dean of the Faculty of Languages at the University of Isfahan - Iran and former Senior Fulbright Research Scholar at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard.

For more information email info [at] iraniansforpeace.net

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