Speaker: Neda Sarmast; Nobody’s Enemy. To most Americans, the country of Iran is a mystery. For decades Iran has been a country whose leadership inspires, anger, fear and mistrust. But what about the Iranian people? Ms. Neda Sarmast was born in Iran, moved to the US at the age of nine, and has traveled back and forth ever since. She was an eye-witness to the Iran-Iraq war and her memories still haunt her as she lost her best friend to an Iraqi aerial raid. During the 1979 Iran hostage crisis and again after 9/11, Neda found herself defending Iranians and their beliefs to Americans, and in turn defending Americans and their way of life to Iranians.

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