Take action: Urge President Biden and Congress to salvage the Iran nuclear deal and lift economic sanctions for suffering Iranians. In late November, negotiators met in Vienna to discuss the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or the Iran nuclear deal. There is hope that the deal can be salvaged. Although President Trump withdrew the…
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On Feb. 25, the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns to President Biden, signed by 26 national Catholic organizations, urging the president to rejoin the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), otherwise known as the Iran nuclear deal.
On February 25, the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns sent a letter, signed by 26 national Catholic organizations, to President Biden and Secretary of State Blinken, requesting that the United States offer unilateral sanctions relief to Iran as a show of good faith, in hopes of bringing Iran back to the table and rejoining the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), also known as the Iran nuclear deal.
The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns released the following statement on May 8, 2018.
It’s up to Congress to keep the United States in this critical nuclear accord.
Maryknoll, Pax Christi and many other Catholic and Christian groups were deeply involved with the recent efforts to preserve the Iran nuclear agreement.
In 2015, 70 years after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the world community is making important moves toward nuclear abolition.
On August 27, join faith leaders for a national conference call on the Iran nuclear deal.
A peaceful resolution to the Iranian nuclear issue is in the best interest of its neighbors in the region – including the Israelis and Palestinians – as well as the best interest of the United States and the world.
As of press time, there are several stories the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns (MOGC) will be following with deep concern as they play out over the next several weeks:
Condemnation of the United States’ and Israel’s war on Iran by Catholic leaders has received significant press in recent weeks. But much of this coverage leaves out a crucial key to understanding the Church’s position on matters of war and peace: nonviolence.
The Maryknoll family issued the following statement on March 16.
In a unified voice of sorrow and hope, the Maryknoll family calls on the leaders of the United States, Israel, and Iran to move beyond the cycle of violence and commit to the urgent task of diplomacy and peace.
Peace and international affairs experts criticized President Trump’s decision to bomb Iran in support of Israel’s war.
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined over 75 civil and human rights and foreign policy organizations in condemning U.S. unauthorized strikes on Iran.
In late November 2021, members of the Iran nuclear deal met in Vienna in an attempt to salvage the agreement.
Urge Congress to probibit funding for war with Iran.
