The Sasakawa Middle East Islam Fund invites Iranian experts engaged in the fields of energy security and Middle East politics from the Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS) – a think-tank affiliated with the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs– and the Institute for Middle East Strategic Studies (IMESS). On this occasion, we will host lectures on the theme, “the Political Situation within and outside Iran after the Arab Spring” on October 23, 2012.