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DESCRIPTION:A conversation with Dornaz Memarzia\nNational Iranian American Council, 
 Northern California Field Organizer\n\n“Precisely because Trump doesn’t 
 care about the protesters and is more interested in destabilizing Iran and 
 undoing anything and everything with Barack Obama’s name on it, he may 
 well use the protests as a pretext to do what he has always intended to do: 
 Kill the nuclear deal. The only deviation from Trump’s original plan is 
 that he could now pretend to do it out of love for the people of 
 Iran.”\n(NIAC’s Trita Parsi, writing in The Nation, 1/4/18)\n\nDonald 
 Trump, who as a candidate urged his supporters to treat protesters “very, 
 very rough”, came out tweeting in support of Iranian protesters who took 
 to the streets to demonstrate against their own government’s corruption 
 and a struggling economy. Donald Trump is the same man who has been 
 pondering renewed sanctions on Iran, sanctions which would hurt the very 
 people for whom he was tweeting his support.\n\nAfter Barack Obama 
 negotiated the historic nuclear agreement with Iran, it appeared that U.S. 
 – Iran relations had a real chance to improve after decades of mutual 
 hostility. But Trump had already quickly reversed that diplomatic thaw. 
 Now, thanks to the administration’s opportunistic seizing of the street 
 demonstrations to demonize Iran’s government, U.S. – Iran relations are 
 at their most precarious since Trump took office.\n\nWhere is all this 
 rancor headed? What would be the impact — economically and diplomatically 
 — if the U.S. unilaterally abrogated the nuclear accord and reimposed 
 stiff sanctions on Iran? Is direct conflict a possibility? And what 
 actually impelled the Iranian people into the streets? These are among the 
 questions we’ll delve into at this month’s Other Voices monthly forum. 
 Join us … and bring your own questions.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/02/01/18806431.php
SUMMARY:Other Voices: Animosity. Unrest. And then what?
LOCATION:Midpen Media Center, 900 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto 94303\nFree and open 
 to all ~ Wheelchair accessible
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/02/01/18806431.php
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