Former ambassador examines Iran nuclear deal
By Cassidy Power and Remy Samuels | The Pitt News Staff
February 23, 2018
Former U.S. ambassador Dennis Jett equated the Iran Nuclear Deal negotiations to a “foreign policy food fight” Thursday in Posvar Hall. “One should not confuse honesty and politics — they’re like oil and water,” Jett said. Jett, who served as ambassador to Mozambique and Peru under t...
“She Who Tells A Story” challenges Western preconceptions of Arab women
By Kelechi Urama / Staff Writer
June 10, 2015
In the Heinz Galleries at the Carnegie Museum of Art, a black and white photo by Shirin Neshat depicts a woman’s hand over her closed mouth.The words of Forough Farrokhzad, one of the most influential woman writers of the Iranian Revolution, are written in Persian script over her hand. What initial...