Scott Ritter

This has been a powerful week of peace efforts concerning Iran. While Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made a historic visit to Iraq earlier this week, the Fellowship of Reconciliation's sixth civilian diplomacy delegation to Iran continued its travels around the country -- and began preparing for a meeting with former Iranian President Khatami. Delegation member Helen Lindsay of Ridgewood, New Jersey wrote from Tehran:

No War on Iran - ChicagoTonight in Evanston, Illinois, a two-week speaking tour focused on preventing war continues. The title of the tour is "The Iran Talks," and the featured speaker is Scott Ritter, the former U.N. arms inspector who became a strong critic of the Bush administration's buildup toward war with Iraq.

Ritter has been joined on this tour by former U.S. Ambassador Edward Peck, the one-time U.S. Mission Chief in Iraq, as well as Jeff Norman, the director of U.S. Tour of Duty. They are visiting a dozen cities around the country to share their foreign policy experience in the light of the prospect for a new, even more dangerous war in the Middle East.