Nurturing People-to-People Ties with Iran

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May 5, 2017 Nurturing People-to-People Ties with Iran A conversation with:  Kamiar Alaei  Associate Dean State University of New York at Albany Stan L. Albrecht  Former President Utah State University Bahman Baktiari  Executive Director International Foundation for Civil Society Shahrzad Rezvani  Attorney and Board Member Iranian-American Bar Association Moderated by: Barbara Slavin  Acting Director, Future of Iran Initiative Atlantic Council  The Future of Iran Initiative invites you to a discussion on the history and importance of people-to-people ties between the United States and Iran. US cultural diplomacy programming and other exchanges have a long history of helping to improve US relations with adversaries and are an inexpensive and often overlooked element of US foreign policy that brings benefits to US citizens and people all over the world. Americans and Iranians have maintained mutually beneficial relations for nearly two centuries. These ties are especially important at a time of continuing tensions between the two governments. Cultural exchanges deepen mutual understanding and can result in discoveries with global significance in public health, environmental, and other important fields. DATE:            Friday, May 5, 2017 TIME:             10:00 - 11:30 a.m. LOCATION:    Atlantic Council                         1030 15th Street NW, Council                         Washington, DC, 20005 On Twitter? Follow @ACSouthAsia and use #ACIran    ​​​​​​

For more information, please contact us at southasia@atlanticcouncil.org.