September 21: Join Iranians in a candlelight vigil in Tehran

Dear Campaigner for Peace with Iran,

The  Tehran Peace Museum and the Society for Chemical Weapons Victims Support (SCWVS) are planning a candlelight vigil at 19:00 local time (10:30 EST) on September 21 to commemorate the UN-designated International Day of Peace. The organized event is a historic first in Iran, where tensions with the United States are causing serious anxiety.

On behalf of the Tehran Peace Museum and the Society for Chemical Weapons Victims Support (SCWVS), the Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII), Fellowship Of Reconciliation (FOR), Payvand and Iranians For Peace (IFP) invite your anti-war group to act on September 21 in solidarity with the nascent Iranian peace movement. The Museum was established a year ago, inspired by a Dayton Peace Museum director whose trip to Iran was arranged by the Fellowship of Reconciliation. Earlier this year, CASMII-US and Physicians for Social Responsibility organized a U.S. speaking tour for representatives of SCWVS. We hope peace and justice groups like yours will help build on these and similar successes. 

We ask that people of conscience in your circle respond to active outreach among Iranians and connect with the September 21 event there. Although this is late notice, we hope you can arrange a candlelight vigil with a few or a few dozen others in your community that evening.

Even a smaller gesture from Americans, such as announcing news of the Tehran ceremony in your next newsletter or at your weekly local peace vigil, will uplift our Iranian partners in peace. They tell us so. Please check the attachments for event details and consider sending a message of support now to the lead international organizer in Tehran, Dr. Shahriar Khateri, at khateri@scwvs.org .  Thank you very much.