Iran

With Hassan Rouhani’s inauguration as Iran’s new president coming up this week, we wanted to make the case that now is the time to pursue diplomacy with Iran. McClatchy published our [...]

Our action alert is below, and here is a terrific op-ed by Peace Action West’s Rebecca Griffin on the prospects for successful U.S. – Iran diplomacy. Last month, the Iranian people [...]

It seems we have ruffled some feathers. We knew after our big victory for diplomacy with Iran last week, the hawks would get riled up.  It didn’t take long. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told a [...]

This is unprecedented. Last week more than a quarter of the House of Representatives signed a letter to President Obama urging him to seize the opportunity for renewed diplomacy with newly [...]

Op-ed published today by The Hill, an influential, widely read Capitol Hill publication by Kevin Martin and Josh Ruebner The Obama administration has engaged in astounding linguistic jiu-jitsu to [...]

Let me first thank you for the phone calls to cut the budget for the B-61 nuclear warhead.  We lost the amendment vote by a surprisingly small margin 196-227.  Click here to see how your Rep. [...]

The following came out of our mid-year staff retreat, comments or questions are most welcome! Priorities and Opportunities for Peace Action/Peace Action Education Fund program, organizing, [...]

We can’t afford to continue business as usual. The newly elected President of Iran is sending positive signals that he wants to engage with the West.  When he comes into office next month, we’ll [...]

The prospects for peace with Iran got a little bit brighter this week. The Iranian public defied expectations and roundly defeated conservative candidates to put moderate Hassan Rouhani in [...]

Last night, we saw years of committed organizing pay off, with the House of Representatives voting 305-121 supporting accelerated withdrawal from Afghanistan. Thank you so much to all of you who [...]