Admission is free. No RSVP is required. Guests are encouraged to bring a brown-bag lunch. Whether Mohammed Khatami is re-elected to the Iranian presidency or not on June 8, we are unlikely to see a swift resolution of the intensive political debate over reform going on in Iran today. Geneive Abdo , until recently the Guardian s correspondent in Tehran, will discuss the dilution of the Iranian presidency s power during Khatami s term in office and will share her views of what societal institutions will ultimately determine the outcome of current arguments over Islam and democracy in Iran.
Admission is free.
No RSVP is required. Guests are encouraged to bring a brown-bag lunch. MEI s Annual Conference is held every fall, and attracts 400-500 academics, policy makers, policy analysts, foreign embassy officials, business people, and the media. For information on this year s Annual Conference, click here . Information on last year s Annual Conference is available here .