Iran

I did an email interview last week with Kourosh Ziabari of Foreign Policy Journal about my trip to Iran and the current state of US-Iran relations. Kourosh Ziabari: Like many Americans who have [...]

Peace Action would encourage our supporters to read Peace Action West’s Rebecca Griffin’s latest OpEd in the San Jose Mercury News. The piece titled “Sanctions on Iran would [...]

Today marks a first step toward fixing the diplomatic vacuum between Iran and America.  Talks are taking place in the isolated Villa Le Saugy between Iran, the members of the UN Security Council, [...]

As the talks with Iran start today, we made our argument in the San Jose Mercury News explaining why sanctions will backfire and we need to let diplomacy bear fruit: It was right before the [...]

After 30 years without diplomatic contact, US and Iranian officials will finally be sitting down at the same table together to negotiate. Last week, Iran responded to Western governments’ [...]

It couldn’t be clearer that now is a critical time to speak out against harsh sanctions on Iran. Congress is back in session and they are facing enormous pressure to pass sanctions on Iran, [...]

For some reason, media outlets are more than happy to provide an outlet for hawk and provocateur extraordinaire John Bolton. His ranting would be entertaining for its ridiculousness if it weren’t [...]

Thousands of you flooded Congress’ inboxes with opposition to sanctions on Iran—thank you! (If you haven’t yet, click here to write to the House, and here for the Senate). After Labor Day, [...]

Last week, I appeared on KPFA’s “Living Room” with Kris Welch to discuss my trip to Iran and US policy. Click below to listen as we discuss the latest developments in Iran and [...]

This week, I’ll be writing a series on Groundswell covering some of the many reasons why we must ramp up our efforts to oppose sanctions. Click here to read Reason #1: They won’t work. Click here [...]