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Democracy and Human Rights in Iran: A Conference in Honor of Siamak Pourzand [Carnegie]

In commemoration of Siamak Pourzand's life and work, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, and the Middle East Program held a public conference on the state of democratic values and human rights in Iran. This event took place at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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Thursday
Apr. 19, 2012
9:00am – 1:45pm ET

Overview

Please note this event will take place at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Video of the event here.

The issue of Iran has emerged as a major focus for policy and media attention in recent months.  And yet even as debate has intensified over how best to address the threats posed by Tehran, a central dimension of the Iranian challenge is too often overlooked: the struggle of Iranians to advance democracy and human rights under increasingly repressive conditions.

One of the many Iranians who participated valiantly in that struggle is the writer Siamak Pourzand, whose tragic death nearly one year ago after a decade of detention and harassment by the Islamic Republic underscored the world’s deep concerns about the situation in Iran today. In commemoration of his life and work, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, and the Middle East Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars held a public conference on the state of democratic values and human rights in Iran on April 19, 2012.

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Middle East Program

The Wilson Center’s Middle East Program serves as a crucial resource for the policymaking community and beyond, providing analyses and research that helps inform US foreign policymaking, stimulates public debate, and expands knowledge about issues in the wider Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.  Read more

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