Mennonite Uni's in exchange with Iran


	Mennonite Uni's in exchange with Iran

masbury

11-21-2008 7:07 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/e653f19f-9b6a-42e3-9368-a8738288759e/B87EFBFA-3370-416B-B768-672D8EA369BC/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.payvand.com/news/08/nov/1204.html" href="http://www.payvand.com/news/08/nov/1204.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.payvand.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.payvand.com/news/08/nov/1204.html"><FONT face="Arial" size="2">AKRON, Pa. – A delegation from six U.S. and
Canadian Mennonite universities visited Iran from Oct. 4 to 10 to explore
opportunities for academic collaboration with Iranian universities. </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.payvand.com/news/08/nov/1204.html"><FONT face="Arial" size="2">Iranian university officials expressed particular
interest in academic exchanges related to peace, justice, conflict and religion,
according to several members of the delegation. </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.payvand.com/news/08/nov/1204.html"><FONT face="Arial" size="2">Sommer said she hopes that such exchanges can
contribute to peace between Iran and the U.S. despite high tensions between
governments. She noted that many Iranians fear a military attack by the U.S. or
its allies, and many Americans would be afraid to travel to Iran. </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.payvand.com/news/08/nov/1204.html"><P><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><FONT face="Arial" size="2">"There's nothing scary about going there," she
said. </FONT></FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.payvand.com/news/08/nov/1204.html"><FONT face="Arial" size="2">The delegation's visit is part of MCC's ongoing
work to build relationships between people in Iran and the West.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.payvand.com/news/08/nov/1204.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.payvand.com/img/8D2F73BF-A87B-4B10-AB07-144BE8184A00" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.payvand.com/news/08/nov/1204.html">Iranian educators are
particularly interested in fostering future interactions between Iranian and
North American students. Part of the rationale is to combat harmful stereotypes
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