National Press Club Newsmaker to Address Iran Deal Verification Problems, Regional Security Issues, Iranian People Concerns

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Jul 27, 2015, 05:01 ET

WASHINGTON, July 27, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A former international nuclear inspector, Iranian opposition figure, and the former Commander of the USS Cole will discuss the Iran Nuclear Deal and its impact on regional security, nuclear weapons verification challenges and its impact inside Iran at a National Press Club Newsmakers news conference on Monday, August 3^rd at 10:30 a.m.

The panel will feature widely-respected nuclear inspector Dr. Olli Heinonen of Harvard's Belfer Center, who served as deputy director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Commander Kirk Lippold, Commander of the USS Cole which was attacked by terrorists in Yemen in 2000; and Alireza Jafarzadeh, Deputy Director of the U.S. office of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, who first exposed the major nuclear sites of Iran in Natanz and Arak in 2002, and is the author of The Iran Threat.

This Newsmakers news conference is scheduled for Monday, August 3rd at 10:30 a.m. in the club's Zenger Room, on the 13^th floor of the National Press Building, 529 14^th St. NW, Washington, D.C.

Like all Newsmakers events, this news conference is open to credentialed media and NPC members, free of charge. No advance registration is required.

Contact: Frank Maisano, NPC Newsmakers Committee/host
202 828-5864, [email protected]

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