Prime Minister Bennett, Ambassadors Bolton And Haley Highlight Morning Sessions Of UANI’s Virtual Summit

November 4, 2021

(New York, N.Y.) — United Against Nuclear Iran’s (UANI) Virtual Summit today featured keynote speeches from Prime Minister of Israel Naftali Bennett and Bahrain’s Ambassador to the U.S. Shaikh Abdullah Bin Rashid Al-Khalifa, as well as a series of fireside conversations with U.S. Ambassadors John Bolton and Nikki Haley.

Playback of these sessions, and each session at its conclusion, are available on the UANI Summit website. To register for UANI Summit and access each portion of the program, please click here.

Keynote speeches from Prime Minister of Israel Naftali Bennett and Bahrain’s Ambassador to the U.S. Shaikh Abdullah Bin Rashid Al-Khalifa, as well as a series of fireside conversations with U.S. Ambassadors John Bolton and Nikki Haley

 

UANI Summit continues this afternoon with panel discussions and additional keynote remarks from Senators Ben Cardin, Lindsey Graham, and Robert Menendez as well as former Iranian hostages and leading experts from the U.S. and around the world on the Iranian regime and its malign behavior.

The remainder of today’s live schedule is below. All times are Eastern.

11:05 AM-12:05 PM

Panel Discussion | Iranian Foreign Policy Under Ebrahim Raisi: How Should the West Respond?

Alex Vatanka

Senior Fellow and Director of the Iran Program, Middle East Institute (MEI)

Radoslaw Sikorski

Former Foreign Minister of Poland & Member of European Parliament

Mark Dubowitz  

Chief Executive, Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)

Moderated by:

Norman Roule

Former National Intelligence Manager for Iran at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence

 

12:05-12:50 PM

Panel Discussion | The Future of the JCPOA

Michael Singh

Managing Director, Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Sima Shine

Head of Iran Program, Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)

Ilan Goldenberg

Director of the Middle East Security Program, Center for a New American Security

Moderated by:

Senator Joseph I. Lieberman

UANI Chairman, Former U.S. Senator (CT)

 

12:50-1:15 PM

Break

 

1:15-2:15 PM

Panel Discussion | Hezbollah and Iran’s Axis of Resistance

Mitchell Silber

Visiting Lecturer, Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs

David Daoud

Research Analyst on Hezbollah and Lebanon at UANI & Non-Resident Fellow at Atlantic Council

Alexander Ritzmann

Senior Advisor, Counter Extremism Project

Matthew Levitt

Fromer-Wexler Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Moderated by:

Dr. Michael Makovsky

President and CEO, Jewish Institute for National Security of America

 

2:15-2:30 PM

Break

 

2:30-3:30 PM

Keynote Address & Panel Discussion | Iran’s Policy of Hostage Taking: The Human Cost and How to Respond

Keynote Address:

Senator Ben Cardin

U.S. Senator for Maryland

Panel Discussion:

Barry Rosen

Survivor of the Iran Hostage Crisis (1979-1981) & UANI Senior Advisor

Michael White

U.S. Navy Veteran & Former Iranian Hostage

Nizar Zakka

President, Hostage Aid Worldwide

Moderated by:

Ambassador Mark D. Wallace

UANI CEO, Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN for Management and Reform

 

3:30-4:30 PM

Panel Discussion | A Bipartisan View on Iran

Senator Lindsey Graham

U.S. Senator for South Carolina

Senator Robert Menendez

U.S. Senator for New Jersey

Moderated by:

Ambassador Dennis Ross

Counselor & William Davidson Distinguished Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy & Co-Founder of UANI

 

4:30-4:45 PM

Concluding Remarks
Ambassador Mark D. Wallace

UANI CEO, Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN for Management and Reform