Iran grassroots diplomacy delegation

Last night, we were graciously invited to dinner by Payam, the cousin of an Iranian student David met in Seattle. He brought us to meet his sister, brother-in-law, mother and nephew in their [...]

We arrived at our hotel in Esfahan around 4:00 yesterday afternoon after a short flight from Tehran. We didn’t have any planned activities, so I decided to take a walk and see if I could find a [...]

After a lovely morning of sightseeing in northern Tehran, we met today with members of Miles for Peace, and Iranian organization dedicated to promoting peace. Their mission statement begins: We [...]

This short story was written by Habib Ahmadzadeh, who I wrote about yesterday. This story is based on his experience in the Iran-Iraq War. He has asked me to share his writings with you and would [...]

We spent this evening with Habib Ahmadzadeh, a veteran of the Iran-Iraq war who writes stories and makes films based on his experience as part of his effort to promote peace. When Habib was 16, [...]

This morning someone from the travel agency met up with us to show us some of the sights in Tehran. Our tour guide, Samira, was excited to have people from the US to show around since Americans [...]

After many hours of being in planes and waiting for planes, we finally touched down in Tehran around 1:30 this morning. Amongst the announcements about tray tables and electronic devices was a [...]