Trita Parsi, one of America's foremost experts on Iran, is the author of  Treacherous Alliance - the Secret Dealings of Iran, Israel and the United States (2007) which won the Council on Foreign Relations' Arthur Polk Award.  Dr. Parsi has a PhD from Johns Hopkins/SAIS.  He is now the President of the National Iranian American Council, adjunct scholar at the Middle East Insitute and a regular writer and sought-after commentator on Iran. He will speak on the crisis over Iran's nuclear program, the Iranian decision making process, the Iran dimension of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and prospects for a resolving the crisis.

*This event is co-sponsored by Americans for Peace Now, Foundation for Middle East Peace, Churches for Middle East Peace, and the Middle East Institute

RSVP: Foundation for Middle East Peace, info@fmep.org, 202-835-3650

Oppenheimer visited both Southern and Northern California where his meetings included briefings for APN leaders and supporters, and giving talks for the UCLA Israel Studies Program and to students at UC Berkeley.