About the Book “In Defense of Iran”

“A must read for every American curious to learn about Iran.”
FATEMEH KESHAVARZ, author of Jasmine and Stars: Reading More Than Lolita in Tehran

“An excellent book on the history of Iran and U.S. relations.”
ANN WRIGHT, retired U.S. Army colonel & anti-war activist

“In Defense of Iran: Notes from a U.S. Peace Delegation’s Journey
through the Islamic Republic” tells the story of a journey organized
by the author in 2007. In describing the delegation’s travels, the book
attempts to address the many charges being leveled against Iran and
suggests ways the U.S. peace movement can help prevent a new war.



About Phil Wilayto

A civilian organizer in the Vietnam-era GI Movement, Phil Wilayto is a co-founder of the Virginia Anti-War Network, editor of The Richmond Defender newspaper and a board member of the Campaign Against Sanctions & Military Intervention in Iran. Along with other CASMII members, he led workshops on Iran at the national conferences of Historians Against the War (Atlanta, 2007), the National Assembly to End the Iraq & Afghanistan Wars & Occupations (Cleveland, 2008) and United for Peace & Justice (Chicago, 2008).His other works include “We Won’t Go Back,” an eyewitness account of the historic Pittston coal srike in Southwest Virginia(1989) and “The Feeding Trough,” a landmark expose of the rightwing Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation of Milwaukee (1997). Wilayto’s writings have appeared in Z Magazine, MRZine, Southern Exposure, Southern Changes, the New (Norfolk) Journal & Guide, the Milwaukee Courier, the Final Call and the Richmond Free Press.