The Forum
Trita Parsi
Treacherous Alliance
The Secret Dealings of Iran, Israel and the United States
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Schofield Auditorium | 7:30 P.M.
Click here or on the below link to watch a video with Dr. Trita Parsi, President of the National Iranian American Council, discussing who
he is, what NIAC does, the controversies surrounding NIAC, and
how they make decisions on priorities. Trita Parsi Video Link
Political analyst Trita Parsi is an authority on Iranian, Israeli and
American relations and the balance of power in the Middle East.
His 2007 book, Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of
Iran, Israel and the United States, received the 2008 Arthur Ross
Silver Medallion from the Council on Foreign Relations. Parsi
was born in Iran; his father was an outspoken academic and non-
Muslim who
was jailed by the Shah and then by the Ayatollah.
Raised in Sweden to escape political repression in Iran, Parsi
moved to the United
States as an adult and studied foreign
policy at Johns Hopkins’ School for Advanced International
Studies.
He is founder and president of the National Iranian
American Council, a non-partisan, nonprofit organization
that
advocates normalization of relations between the U.S. and
Iran, which Parsi argues would enhance our national security by
helping to stabilize the Middle East and bolster moderates in
Iran. An adjunct scholar
at the Middle East Institute, Parsi is a
frequent commentator on Middle Eastern affairs on PBS, NPR,
MSNBC, C-SPAN, CNN, BBC and Al Jazeera.
Interpreted for the deaf and hard of hearing.
More information: www.tritaparsi.com
Tickets for The Forum are $8 for the public, $6 for those 62 and older and UW System
or Chippewa Valley Technical College faculty and staff, and $4 for those 17 and younger
and UW System or CVTC students. Student tickets are half-price ($2) until the day of the
event. On the day of the event, students will be required to pay the full student ticket price.
Tickets are available at the Service Center in the east lobby of Davies Center and will be
sold at the door. Patrons may charge tickets to MasterCard or Visa when they order by
phone. Call 715-836-3727 or, outside the immediate Eau Claire area, call toll-free
800-949-UWEC. A $3 handling fee will be added to all telephone charge orders.
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