Iran

War Is Not A Spectator Sport

“We can start with, quite simply, it’s really, really bad.” Stephen Miles, the executive director of Win Without War, sat down with Michelle Dover and Joe Cirincione for a rundown of the crisis with Iran following the US killing of Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani. “I’ve been working on these issues...

January 6, 2020 - By Zack Brown
Operation Ajax, Los Angeles

Farshad Farahat is a writer and actor (Argo, House of Cards) who is studying for a PhD in Conflict Resolution at Nova Southeastern, focusing on resolving US-Iran grievances. He is on the Ploughshares Fund board of directors and is now performing in ...

September 26, 2019 - By Will Lowry
No Unconstitutional War With Iran

Ploughshares Fund is proud to join a host of pro-diplomacy organizations in calling on Congressional Armed Services committee leadership to include the crucial Ro Khanna and Rep. Matt Gaetz amendment in the final NDAA. Read the full letter here.

September 17, 2019 - By Ploughshares Fund
Beginning of the Nuclear Arms Race, the National Defense Authorization Act, Iran-Israel tensions

MICHELLE: Welcome back to Early Warning. I'm your host, Michelle Dover, Director of Programs here at Ploughshares Fund. And today I am joined by Joe Cirincione, President and also co-host of the podcast with me. And Tom Collina, Director of Policy here at Ploughshares. Gentlemen, welcome....

September 4, 2019 - By Ploughshares Fund
Trump Is Misleading America Into A New War

This is not a drill. A new Middle East war is coming, perhaps soon. Only dramatic political action by the American people and their political leaders can stop it. President Trump says he does not want war with Iran. Perhaps the entire war scare is just another neurotic impulse. Or he may believe...

June 19, 2019 - By Ploughshares Fund
US, Iran Religious Leaders: Nuclear Weapons ‘Immoral’

Back in March 2014, a delegation of US bishops made a historic visit to Qom, Iran and held a meeting with Iranian religious leaders. On November 17, an audience at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, DC will have the chance to hear firsthand what they discussed in Qom,...

November 3, 2016 - By Will Lowry
Iran Deal: The Fight Isn't Over

One year ago today, we witnessed history unfold before our very eyes with the landmark nuclear deal between Iran, the US and other world powers. It stopped Iran from building a bomb without a single shot being fired.

July 14, 2016 - By Tom Collina
In Their Own Words: Grantees on the Iran Deal

Ploughshares Fund's powerful network of grantees was vital to our five-year campaign for a diplomatic solution to the Iran nuclear crisis. Grantees like Women's Action for New Directions (WAND), which recently hosted an excellent presentation on the deal's achievements after one year, made all...

July 13, 2016 - By Will Lowry
One Year In, the Iran Deal is Working

On July 14, 2015, the historic Iran nuclear deal was announced in Vienna. One year later, the agreement is working: all of Iran's pathways to a nuclear weapon have been verifiably blocked, and international sanctions lifted. The agreement was won not by force, but by diplomacy. Over the...

July 7, 2016 - By Ploughshares Fund
The Iran Agreement: A Victory for Diplomacy

The Iran Agreement is working. Not by force, but by diplomacy. On January 16, 2016, Iran's four pathways to a nuclear weapon were verifiably blocked. Since then moderates and reformers won major victories in elections in Iran, new channels of communication between the US and Iran helped quickly...

March 17, 2016 - By Joe Cirincione