Middle East Institute is honored to host Michael Ware, to discuss the "Situatation on the Ground in Iraq." Ware is a CNN correspondent based in the international news network’s Baghdad bureau.

Ware joined CNN in June 2006 and quickly established himself as one of the foremost on air experts on Iraq, providing in-depth analysis and reports across all CNN networks.

Since joining CNN, Ware has also reported from Lebanon where he was involved in the network’s coverage of the Israel-Hezbollah crisis in the summer of 2006.

Middle East Institute is honored to host Dr. Ebrahim Yazdi to discuss the “Situation in Iran.” Yazdi was born in 1931 in the northern Iranian city of Qazvin. He studied Pharmacology in the University of Tehran and was a student leader in the National Movement of Iran led by Dr Muhammad Mussadegh. After the coup in 1953, Yazdi joined the underground National Resistance Movement of Iran. In 1960, Yazdi traveled to the United States to continue his education and political activities.