Iran

As you’ve probably heard, Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin “Bibi” Netanyahu is scheduled to speak to a joint session of Congress in a couple of weeks.  In the next few days members of [...]

Tone Deaf Iran Nuclear Sanctions Bill Introduced Huffington Post  by Jon Rainwater, Executive Director, Peace Action West After weeks of rumors, Iran sanctions legislation has materialized in [...]

Quite a two-fer, unusual to have an op-ed and letter to the editor in the same paper on the same issue on the same day! Well done Norman and Nina! Letter to the editor: Imposing new sanctions on [...]

The U.S. and its international allies are within reach of a peaceful resolution to the issue of Iran’s nuclear program. Negotiations about Iran’s nuclear program look very promising, with a [...]

Senate Republicans, aided and abetted by some (even supposedly liberal) Democrats, are dead set on passing legislation to impose new economic sanctions on Iran, which will almost surely scuttle [...]

The 114th Congress convened in Washington this week, with many Members eager to express their hawkish foreign policy views, especially when it comes to Iran. We need your help to explain to [...]

–Kevin Martin, Executive Director Last Thursday, The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 10 to 8 in favor of the Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) against ISIS/ISIL in [...]

You’ll know from the past eight years that we have been writing you about Iran.  First, we were gravely concerned that Vice President Dick Cheney would sway the Bush administration to bomb Iran.  [...]

Amid the mostly awful daily news from the Middle East, one piece of good news came late last week. Iran and the “P5 +1” (the U.S., Russia, England, France, China and Germany) agreed [...]

  President Obama just spoke on Iraq, here are some points from Win Without War, a coalition Peace Action helped found to oppose the Iraq war in 2002: Moments ago, the President finished a [...]