Date: 18 March 2008, 6pm to 7.30pm

Venue: Committee Room 15, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA

Speakers:

Baroness Shirley Williams

Nazenin Ansari, Diplomatic Editor, Kayhan

Professor Malcolm Chalmers, Professorial Fellow, RUSI

Mark Fitzpatrick, Senior Fellow for Non-proliferation, International Institute for Strategic Studies

Chair: Stephen Twigg, Director, Foreign Policy Centre, and Chair, Progress

The discussion at this event considered how progressives can respond to the challenge of Iran. The seminar sought to consider the possibilities of engagement with the government of Iran over the nuclear issue, regional security and trade co-operation. It also examined government human rights abuses and ways in which progressives in Britain could build a 'dialogue of civilisations' with reformers in Iran.

Held in association with Progress www.progressonline.org.uk