Friends,
As I write to you, the fighting between Israel and Iran is intensifying. Overnight, Iran struck an Israeli oil refinery and residential buildings, damaging part of the power grid. Casualties on both sides are mounting.
With residents of Tehran fleeing the capital and Israelis rushing into bomb shelters, the conflict is already taking an enormous toll on civilians with no end in sight. Additionally, according to reports, President Trump rejected an Israeli plan to assassinate Iran’s supreme leader – and more direct US involvement remains a possibility.
To assess everything at stake, we’re holding a virtual J Street Policy Center briefing featuring Iran experts Ali Vaez and Sima Shine, moderated by J Street’s Chief Policy Officer Ilan Goldenberg, tomorrow – and we’d love to have you join us.
Register to tune in tomorrow at 1pm Eastern / 10am Pacific >>
Ali Vaez serves as the Iran Project Director at the International Crisis Group, which helped achieve the landmark Iranian nuclear agreement in 2015.
Sima Shine is the director of the Iran program at the Institute for National Security Studies, and formerly worked on the Iran file at the Israeli National Security Council, Ministry of Strategic Affairs and the Mossad.
Ali and Sima will bring their expertise to analyze Israel’s targeted strikes against Iran’s military facilities and major Iranian nuclear sites, and assess whether destroying the Iranian nuclear program is feasible.
They'll also answer questions about the elimination of Iran’s military and nuclear leaders, including the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps, as well as the role of the Trump Administration and the international community, rising oil prices and the future of the conflict.
Register here to join us >>
See you tomorrow,
Avraham Spraragen
Policy and Research Coordinator, J Street Policy Center
PS. Ilan will also analyze the latest developments from Israel and Iran with J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami in a ‘Heard on the Street’ Substack Live discussion on Wednesday. If you’d like more information on what’s sure to be an enlightening conversation, please ensure you’re subscribed to Word on the Street.
