Media Availability: Kristol, Kagan, Fly on Iran

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Experts on Iran’s Threat to U.S. Available for Interviews to Mark 31st Anniversary of Islamic Revolution and the Prospect for Regime Change in Iran

Thursday (February 11) marks the 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution in Iran that installed the Ayatollah Khomeini’s fundamentalist regime in power. That revolution didn’t just capture hostages from the U.S. embassy and embarrass then-President Jimmy Carter. Far worse, it placed Iran on a decades-long course of abject hostility to the United States. Today Khomeini’s heirs, like Iran’s current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, pose perhaps the greatest threat to peace anywhere in the world. Iran is a notorious sponsor of Islamic terrorism throughout the globe. Its scientists and engineers are working on illicit missile and nuclear programs.  And the current leadership continually threatens the United States and U.S. allies in the region.
           
On the occasion of the anniversary of the revolution, the Foreign Policy Initiative (FPI) is holding a conference in Washington, DC, to examine the prospects of regime change in Iran. Turmoil and protests in the wake of Iran's fraudulent presidential election have exposed a weakened government, despised and distrusted by the Iranian people.  With a growing consensus in Washington that the actions of the regime make a negotiated settlement to the Iranian nuclear crisis unlikely, this timely conference will explore the prospects for change in Iran from within and what the United States should be doing to support Iran's democrats and resolve the Iranian nuclear question once and for all.
 
The Foreign Policy Initiative is pleased to make experts from the conference available for media appearances and interviews this week to discuss these issues in the context of the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. Available for media comment and/or interviews (including in-studio) are WILLIAM KRISTOL, Editor of The Weekly Standard; ROBERT KAGAN, of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a monthly columnist for the Washington Post; and JAMIE FLY, Executive Director of The Foreign Policy Initiative, and a former Bush administration official.
 
To arrange an interview, please contact MNS Publicity:
Sandy Schulz, (202) 244-1460 or sandy@mnspublicity.com
Stephanie Marshall, (202) 487-3393 or stephanie@mnspublicity.com

About the Foreign Policy Initiative:

FPI is a non-profit, non-partisan, tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. FPI seeks to promote an active U.S. foreign policy committed to robust support for democratic allies, human rights, a strong American military equipped to meet the challenges of the 21st century, and strengthening America's global economic competitiveness. The organization is led by Executive Director Jamie Fly. FPI was founded in 2009 by Robert Kagan, William Kristol, and Dan Senor. Visit our website at www.foreignpolicyi.org for more information