Encourage Obama and Rouhani to Talk

President Hassan Rouhani’s election was a hopeful moment for many Iranians, and the recent release of Nasrin Sotoudeh and at least a dozen other political prisoners is cause for celebration.

So are indications of openness to dialogue by the Obama administration.

Background:
Guardian: Iranian Political Prisoners' Plea to Barack Obama
Havaar: Iranian Initiative Against War, Sanctions, Repression
Don'tAttackIran.org

RootsAction supports the proposals of our friends at Havaar for grassroots pressure pushing for an end to threats of war, an end to the ongoing sanctions that continue to harm average Iranians, and an end to Iranian state repression.

Please click to email this message to Presidents Obama and Rouhani (feel free to add your own comments):

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Presidents Obama and Rouhani,

We encourage you and your governments to talk. We have a few questions for each of you.

Will the U.S. lift the sanctions and stop collectively punishing the Iranian people, who are suffering terribly? Will the White House stop saying "all options are on the table" and declare that there will be no military intervention in Iran? Will the U.S. lead the global nuclear disarmament movement by taking major unilateral steps to eliminate the U.S. arsenal of nuclear weapons? Will the U.S. promote peace in the Middle East by supporting a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in the region?

Will Iran direct its efforts towards releasing political prisoners, including religious and ethnic minorities? Will Iranian trade unions live? Will the Iranian government stop repression of strikes and independent workers organizations? Will restrictions on journalists be removed in Iran? Will censorship be lifted? Will Iran push for social justice for women? Will women's equal access to all fields of higher education be restored?

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