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What You Can Do:

• Sign the petition to President Obama calling for diplomacy, not war, in Iran.

• Contact your Representative and urge them to support HR 4173, the Prevent Iran from Acquiring Nuclear Weapons and Stop War Through Diplomacy Act

• Write a letter to the editor in your local newspaper calling for diplomacy, not war, in Iran. You can use Reverend Moore's letter as a template.

• Distribute CFPA's fact sheet among your contacts.Strengthen CFPA's No War in Iran campaign by making a special donation. Click here and use the third option to make a tax-deductible donation online, or mail a check payable to the Peace Action Education Fund (PAEF) to the Coalition for Peace Action office, 40 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ 08542

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CFPA Campaign Timeline

• Ongoing: CFPA members and supporters pressure elected officials to support legislation calling for diplomacy, not war, in Iran.

• March, 2012: CFPA holds a Vigil for Diplomacy Not War in Iran in Palmer Square in Princeton

• March, 2012: CFPA holds its second annual Membership Renewal Party featuring expert speakers on Iran.

• March, 2012: CFPA co-sponsors Can Diplomacy Prevent War With Iran? Resolving the Nuclear Crisis with Ambassador Mousavian and Dr. Zia Mian at Princeton University.

• March, 2012: CFPA's Buxmont chapters hold a Say No to War with Iran Vigil in Morrisville.

• February, 2010: CFPA lobbies in DC against a war on Iran.

 

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Resources:

• CFPA Iran Factsheet

• "Ayatollah Khamenei Gives Iran Nuclear Talks Unprecedented Legitmacy," Christian Science Monitor

• "Experts Believe War on Iran Less Likely," New York Times

• "Former Israeli Premier Assails Netanyahu on Iran," New York Times

• Ambassador Mousavian Optimistic About Negotiations, Reuters

• "Israeli Military Cheif: Iran Will Not Build Nuclear Bomb," Washington Post

• Ambassador Mousavian's speech at the 3/19 event Can Diplomacy Prevent War With Iran? Resolving the Nuclear Crisis

• "Iran: We Do Not Want Nuclear Weapons," Ali Akbar Salehi, Washington Post

• "The Shape of a Deal with Iran," Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post

• "Sanctions Make War More Likely" by Dr. Trita Parsi, keynote speaker for CFPA's 31st Annual Membership Dinner

• "Hundreds of Israelis March in Tel Aviv to Protest War with Iran," Hareetz

• "The False Iran Debate," Roger Cohen, New York Times

• "Five Tips for Obama on Nuclear Negotiations with Iran," a TIME interview with Dr. Trita Parsi

• Extended Daily Show Interview with Dr. Trita Parsi: Part 1; Part 2

• "The Only Option on Iran," Carl Bildt and Erkki Tuomioja, NY Times

• "Iran Bombing Threat: Creating a Mindset that Leads to War," Chris Iosso, Justice Unbound

• "US Simulation Forecasts Perils of an Israeli Strike at Iran," NY Times

• Letter to the Editor on Sustained Diplomacy with Iran from CFPA's Executive Director, the Rev. Robert Moore

• "Fed Up Israeli Couple is Doing Their Part to Stop a War With Iran," Business Insider

• "Former Bush Official Warns Against Iran Attack," Salon

• "American Public Opposes Israel Striking Iran," World Public Opinion polling project directed by Dr. Steven Kull (speaker at CFPA's Membership Renewal Party) and Schibley Telhani

• "The Debate Over Bombing Nuclear Facilities in Iran," Fresh Air with Terry Gross, NPR

• "Ending the Game of Chicken," William H. Luers and Thomas Pickering, Boston Globe

• "Imminent Iran Nuclear Threat? A Timeline of Warnings Since 1979," Christian Science Monitor (presented by Dr. Shapoor Vali at CFPA's Membership Renewal Party)

• "Khamenei Takes Control, Forbids Nuclear Bomb," Juan Cole

• "House Democrats Aim to Force Obama into Diplomacy with Iran," Pete Kasperowicz, The Hill

• "How Far Apart on Iran are GOP Candidates, Obama?" Morning Edition, NPR

• "Iran, World Powers, to Restart Atomic Discussions," Global Security Newswire

• "Israel's Best Friend," Thomas Friedman, New York Times

• "US, Israeli Security Officials Warn Against Attacking Iran," Friends Committee on National Legislation

• "We Can Live With a Nuclear Iran," Paul Pillar, The Washington Monthly

• "Could We Live With a Nuclear Iran?" Richard Wright, The Atlantic

• Trita Parsi on Obama's Speech to AIPAC

• "'Loose Talk of War' Only Helps Iran, President Says" New York Times

• "Little Support in Israel for Solo Strike on Iran: Poll," Reuters

• "A Nuclear Weapons Free Zone in the Middle East," Ali Fathollah-Nejad on Informed Comment

• "US Sees Iran Attacks as Likely if Israel Strikes," New York Times
  

• "Don't Let Iran Be A Second Iraq," Jamal Abdi and Trita Parsi, The Hill

• "Iran Calls Nuclear Arms Production 'A Great Sin'," New York Times

• "US Officials See No Move by Iran to Build a Bomb," New York Times

• "Preventing a Nuclear Iran, Peacefully" by Schibly Telhani and Steven Kull (speaker for CFPA's March 7 Membership Renewal Party), New York Times

• "In Din Over Iran, Rattling Sabers Echo Iraq," Scott Shane, New York Times

• Ellison-Jones Letter to Support Iran Diplomacy

• "U.S. Media Takes the Lead on Iran" by Glenn Greenwald

• An Alternative to War With Iran, Foreign Policy in Focus

• "Is the Iran Threat an Illusion?" Michael Moran, Gloalpost

• "Can Obama Avert War With Iran?" by Gareth Porter

• "Envisioning a Deal with Iran" by William H. Luehrs and Thomas Pickering (former speaker at one of CFPA's Membership Dinners)

• "How an Israeli Strike on Iran Could Radically Weaken Israel" by Juan Cole (confirmed speaker for CFPA's 2012 Conference)

• "The Generals Try to Stop an Iran War" by Juan Cole