Situation Reports on the War on Terrorism

What Every American Needs to Know About Iran

by Patrick Clawson

June 21, 2006/ Union League of Philadelphia

The Situation Reports on the War on Terrorism are sponsored by FPRI’s Center on Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism, and Homeland Security. The Reports are held every two months and are free and open to the public. FPRI’s Center on Terrorism is supported by grants from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Patrick Clawson is Deputy Director of Research, Washington Institute for Near East Policy and co-author of Eternal Iran: Continuity and Chaos (Palgrave 2005). Dr. Clawson has written for newspapers and journals including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, International Journal of Middle East Studies. He has also testified before numerous congressional committees.