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DESCRIPTION:Catherine Thomasson, MD, the national president of Physicians for Social 
 Responsibility (PSR), will talk about what peaceful solutions lay ahead for 
 Iran and the United States at UCSF today, June 21.\n\nAn educator and 
 advocate for peace, Thomasson visited Iran in March as part of a friendship 
 delegation sponsored by the Fellowship of Reconciliation. She attended 
 meetings with Iranian religious, educational and political leaders and 
 others. \n\n“We were warmly greeted and advised that the people of Iran 
 love the people of America,” she wrote on March 7. “They clearly 
 differentiate between the people and the government. Several senior 
 physicians and health professionals with \nwhom I met clearly and 
 emphatically emphasized that sanctions and the threats of war from the 
 United States strengthen the hand of the hard-liners in Iran -- and that if 
 any military attack were to occur that military and social repression 
 within the country would create ‘a country with more repression than 
 North Korea.’ It is evident as well that this action would undoubtedly 
 convince the hard-liners that nuclear weapons are justified for national 
 security. Hardly the desired outcome.”\n\nThomasson, an internist who 
 works at Portland State University Student Health, will discuss common 
 misconceptions about Iran and what missteps the Bush administration has 
 taken in its relationship with Iran. Thomasson also will share her insights 
 into Iranian history and political structure.\n\nThe presentation is 
 co-sponsored by the UCSF Iraq Action Group and San Francisco Bay Area 
 Physicians for Social Responsibility.\n\nPhysicians for Social 
 Responsibility is a nonprofit advocacy organization that is the medical and 
 public health voice for policies to stop nuclear war and proliferation and 
 to slow, stop and reverse global warming and toxic degradation of the 
 environment. \n\nRelated Links:\n\nFellowship of Reconciliation: A Letter 
 from Catherine 
 Thomasson\nhttp://www.forusa.org/programs/iran/thomasson070307letter.htm\n\nIraq 
 Action Group at UCSF\nhttp://www.iraqactiongroup.org/\n\nPhysicians for 
 Social 
 Responsibility\nhttp://www.psr.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Home\n\n---\n\nOpen 
 to the public. Free. \n\n\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/06/20/18428852.php
SUMMARY:Iran: War is Not The Answer
LOCATION:The event will be held at the UCSF School of Nursing, Room N-217.\n\nThe 
 School of Nursing Building can be reached on foot using the Clinical 
 Sciences Building entrance door (at 521 Parnassus Avenue) and then taking 
 an elevator up to the second floor. 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/06/20/18428852.php
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