Reportback: Iranian Civilian Diplomacy Initiative
Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 7:00 pm
Boston University Photonics Center, Room 206 · 8 St Mary’s St, Boston · Green Line “B”, BU Central stop
John Schuchardt, co-director of the House of Peace in Ipswich, will report back on his recent fact-finding and friendship mission to Iran.
Schuchardt was part of a 10 member peace delegation organized by the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR)’s Iranian Civilian Diplomacy Initiative. Its goals: 1) connect peace constituencies in the U.S. and Iran; 2) broaden mutual understanding; 3) mobilize advocacy for peaceful, proactive alternatives to confrontational policies by both Iran and the United States.
Schuchardt said, “I am going to Iran because of the alarming recent announcement of $60 billion weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and a further $63 billion in weapons sales to the Gulf states; these are urgent warning signs of another U.S. ‘preemptive war’. Any attack upon Iran is illegal under our Constitution and would threaten escalation to nuclear catastrophe.”
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