Around the Nation: March 5, 2008

The Folly of Attacking Iran (Forum)
- Baltimore, MD.
- 7:00pm
Join award-winning journalist and author of All the Shah's Men Stephen Kinzer, New America Foundation Fellow Steve Clemons and Dr. Trita Parsi of the National Iranian American Council to discuss the present difficulties existing between the United States and Iran. Mr. Kinzer and the panelists will discuss recent and historical events and how they inform the current situation. A vision for future cooperation and reconciliation between the two countries will be outlined and discussed. Free. On the Johns Hopkins University campus in Shriver Hall. For an accurate campus map please view www.jhu.edu/~tour/map.html.
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