Tag: Iran
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Oregon Divesting from Iran: Bad Idea
I just learned from the American-Iranian Friendship Council that the Oregon Senate passed a resolution calling for the state to divest from businesses with ties to Iran. This is a poorly-conceived bill, based on “enemy-of-the-month” thinking that has placed Iran in the crosshairs for the last couple years (again). The resolution attempts to create false…
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Why Provoke Iran? Do We Need More Wars?
No, we don’t need a war with Iran. As if we haven’t created enough problems occupying Iraq and Afghanistan, now we’re going to blockade Iran? What purpose does a blockade serve except to provoke them? True Majority sent me this action alert about opposing HR 362. And United for Peace and Justice has called for…