Iran: America's Next War?
Category: Past Events Published Date
Speakers: Sir Richard Dalton and Mahan Abedin
Date: 20 Apr 2012
Time: 18:45 - 20:30
Venue: Abrar House, 45 Crawford Place, W1H 4LP
Event details:
Since the 1979 revolution, Iran’s relationship with western countries namely, US and Britain, has remained unstable. Recent diplomatic relations between Britain and Iran have declined, following the raid on the British embassy in Tehran and increasing sanctions imposed on the country. In and amongst this, there is media rhetoric, supported by leading political heads, threatening military action.
Iran’s position is increasingly one of isolation in the region both via covert infiltration, media spheres and the physical Geography, with US and allied troops carefully positioned in surrounding countries. Deliberate media vilification is on the up rise with all sections of Iranian society under scrutiny. Is there a war rampage, next target Iran, or is the US and Britain intercepting with an alternative agenda?
Join us for a lively discussion as we gain perspective on the growing emergence of Iran’s position in the region and its relation with the west.
The speakers:
Sir Richard Dalton was Ambassador to Iran between 2003 to 2006 and is currently associate fellow at the Chatham House think tank. A senior former diplomat Dalton joined HM Diplomatic Service in 1970, went to study Arabic at MECAS in the Lebanon and was posted as Second secretary to Amman in 1973. In May 2007, Dalton appeared before the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and lectured at the Iran Society in February 2008. Dalton has written extensively on Iran with key articles in The World Today and The Daily Telegraph.
Mahan Abedin is Director of Research at the Centre for the Study of Terrorism. Previously he has worked with numerous think tanks, including the Washington-based Jamestown Foundation and the London-based Centre for the Study of Terrorism. He has also been active in journalism, having worked for the Beirut-based Daily Star and most recently the Irbil-based AK News Agency where he was chief editor of the Persian and English sections. Born in Iran, but raised and educated in the United Kingdom, Abedin is a frequent traveller to the Islamic Republic where he is a consultant to independent media.
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