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U.S. Iran Issues: An Online Discussion with Henry Wooster, Deputy Director for Iranian Affairs

U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker, left, Iranian Ambassador Hassan Kazemi Qomi, right, and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, top center, attend a meeting on security in Iraq at the Iraqi Prime Minister's office in the Green Zone, Baghdad Monday, May 28, 2007. Iran and the United States resumed public diplomacy Monday for the first time in more than a quarter century. The meeting in Baghdad between ambassadors on security in Iraq could produce a chapter in world history for its success or a footnote for its failure.
© AP/WWP Hadi Mizban
Date: Tuesday, 26 June 2007
Time: 10:00 a.m. EDT (1400 GMT)

 

The Department of State’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs will host a web chat featuring Deputy Director for Iranian Affairs Henry Wooster. The purpose of the chat is to foster a dialogue between U.S. officials and people interested in Iranian affairs. Topics can include but are not limited to U.S.-Iran bilateral talks regarding Iraq, Iran’s nuclear program, and U.N. Security Council resolutions pertaining to Iran.

Guest Biography: Henry T. Wooster became Deputy Director of the Office of Iranian Affairs at the Department of State in 2006. His previous overseas assignments include Russia, the U.S. Mission to NATO in Brussels, Haiti, Georgia, the OSCE in Vienna, and Tajikistan. In Washington, he has served on the Russia desk in the Bureau of European Affairs, and in the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement. Before joining the Foreign Service, Mr. Wooster was an Army officer. He spent a portion of his youth in Iran. His home state is Maine. He received a Bachelor’s degree from Amherst College and a Master’s degree from Yale University. Languages spoken include basic Persian, Syriac-Aramaic, Russian and French. He and his wife have four children.

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