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Source: New Civilisation
In this public forum, the invited
speakers will address some of the key issues that are related to the current
U.S.-Iran dispute, as well as the possible implications for the international
non-proliferation regime and stability in the region.
The referral of Iran to the U.N. Security Council earlier this month, and
the accompanying rhetoric from Tehran and Washington, has increased
international concern over the likelihood of another military conflict in the
Middle East.
Following the failure to discover weapons of mass
destruction in Iraq, there is now much greater public scepticism about the
claims of Western governments and the capabilities of western intelligence
services. At the same time however, there is real concern about the prospect of
the Iranian regime, in a volatile region, acquiring nuclear capabilities.
The speakers will address the official stances of the U.S. and Iranian
governments, as well as addressing some of the following key
questions:
- What is the likelihood that the Iranian nuclear programme is
genuinely a
peaceful one, and if a covert military programme exists, how
far away is Iran from producing deployable weapons?
- Assuming that Iran were able to successfully develop nuclear
weapons, what are
the possible global and regional ramifications? Could the
world possibly live with a
nuclear Iran?
- As the official nuclear powers retain their existing arsenals
and develop new systems (U.S. development of tactical nuclear weapons, British
renewal of Trident), does this contribute to the determination of non-nuclear
weapons states to develop their own capabilities?
- What if any type of action should be taken against Iran,
should military options be taken off the table?
Devon Theatre
New
Connaught Rooms
61-65 Great Queen Street
Covent Garden
London, WC2B
5DA
Date: Thursday 13 April 2006
Time: 7.00
pm
Speakers include:
Dr Frank
Barnaby, Nuclear Issues Consultant to the Oxford Research
Group
Professor Abbas Edalat, founding member of the
Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran and Professor of
Computer Science and Mathematics, Imperial College London.
Sajjad Khan, Editor of New Civilisation
Magazine.
Ms Carol Naughton, coordinator of the WMD
Awareness Programme. The WMD Awareness Programme is dedicated to providing
trustworthy and up to date information on Weapons of Mass Destruction world
wide.
Nearest Tube: Holborn Station
Limited capacity: please call Mr Arif Samad on 07780704845 for bookings
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