ADVISORY/November 21: Hoover Institution to Host Conference, Politics and Governance in a Changing Iran.

News Editors/Government Writers

ADVISORY...for Friday (Nov. 21st)

STANFORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2003

The Politics and Governance in a Changing Iran conference is being organized by Hoover fellows Larry Diamond and Abbas Milani. The conference "looks at the prospects and conditions for peaceful political reform in Iran," according to Diamond.

WHEN, WHERE: at Stauffer Auditorium, Hoover Institution, Stanford University on Friday, November 21, 2003, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.

Panel I: The Current Political Landscape in Iran; 8:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

Panel II: Religion and Politics; 10:45 a.m. - 12:00 Noon

Panel III: The Judicial System and the Rule of Law in Iran; 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Panel IV: The Nuclear Question; 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Roundtable Discussion: U.S.-Iran Relations; 4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.

WHO: Participants in the conference include Abdulkarim Soroush (pending receipt of visa), Princeton University, Mehrangiz Kar, University of Virginia, and Abdulkarim Lahiji, human rights lawyer, Paris

Working Press: Are invited to attend and cover the conference and also have lunch. To reserve a luncheon spot and cover the conference, please RSVP before November 19, to Hoover Institution Public Affairs at 650-723-0603.

More information: LaNor Maune, Public Affairs Writer, and Michele M. Horaney APR, Public Affairs Manager, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA [e-mail] (650-725-7293), [e-mail] (650-723-1454)

A copy of full agenda will be sent upon request.