the Iranian Graduate Students 
Association. As an Iranian stu-
dent studying in the United States, 
disagreements between the two 
countries have been challenging to 
witness. 

Arbabzadeh came to the United 

States several years ago to pursue a 
master’s degree in electrical engi-
neering. Due to tensions between 
the United States and Iran, there is 
no U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran — 
Arbabzadeh’s home city. 

According to Arbabzadeh fur-

ther cooperation between the 
United States and Iran could help 
foster better accommodation for 
students.

“Iranians in the U.S. started the 

movement to show that they sup-
port the deal,” Arbabzadeh said. 
“There is a hashtag, #SupportIran-
Deal, because we want to show it 
all around the world and say that 
we support it.”

When details of the JCPOA 

were released in July, Arbabzadeh 
was home in Iran. She remembers 
people filling the streets and cheer-
ing, in hopes that the reduced sanc-
tions would help bring lower prices 
for goods, such as food and medi-
cine.

“My aunt had breast cancer last 

year, but the medicine she needed 
couldn’t be found, and was super 
expensive because of the sanc-
tions,” Arbabzadeh said. “I got it 
here for her and I went back home 
to give it to her.”

Politically affiliated pro-Israel 

groups on campus have voiced var-
ied stances on the JCPOA.

J Street, a national pro-Israel 

organization, 
announced 
their 

support for the deal in early Sep-
tember. Though members of the 
campus chapter declined to com-
ment, they said they agree with the 
statement posted on the organiza-
tion’s website.

“Having studied the text of the 

agreement, J Street intends to back 
it and work hard for its implemen-
tation, making the case to Con-
gress that this agreement serves 
the vital security interests of both 
the United States and Israel,” the 
organization wrote in their official 
release.

However, not all pro-Israel 

organizations on campus are for 
the deal.

LSA senior Daniel Pearlman 

is part of an organization called 
WolvPAC, a political on campus 
that advocates for a stronger Isra-
el-U.S. relationship. Pearlman said 
he has read the agreement himself, 
and does not feel that it is a good 
deal.

“I am for diplomacy and I am in 

favor of negotiation, even with a 
theocratic regime like Iran,” Pearl-
man said. “However, I am against 
this current deal because it fails to 
address numerous critical issues 
that are important — not just in my 
opinion, but also in the opinion of 
many other Americans and people 
who are living in the region.”

One problem that Pearlman 

has with the deal is that it does 
not include “anytime, anywhere” 
inspections on nuclear facilities 
and military facilities in Iran. 

Pearlman said WolvPAC is 

working on campus to educate 
others and encourage conversa-
tion about the deal.

“We want people to under-

stand more about this deal, and 
why it isn’t necessarily the best 
option that we have,” Pearlman 
said.

The deal, which is under a 

60-day congressional review, is 
expected to considered by Con-
gress this month. Due to the 
nature of the deal as an interna-
tional executive agreement, and 
not a treaty, Congress cannot vote 
to approve the bill. Instead, they 
will vote on whether or not to 
disapprove the deal. Many mem-
bers of the Senate and House of 

Representatives are attempting to 
win a vote of disapproval, a ruling 
that would need to be subsequently 
vetoed by President Obama if the 
deal were to pass.

Many opponents of the deal say 

Iran cannot be trusted. Some also 
believe relieving sanctions from 
Iran would allow the country to 
use its unfrozen assets to funnel 
money toward terrorist groups.

It would take a two-thirds vote 

from Congress to overrule the 
president’s veto of a disapproval 
resolution, a number that is now 
unlikely. The necessary 34 Demo-
cratic senators have announced 
support for the deal — meaning 
they would not vote for a disap-
proval resolution.

Rep. Debbie Dingell (D–Mich.) 

and Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D–
Mich.) have both released state-
ments in support of the deal. Sen. 
Gary Peters (D–Mich.) announced 
his support on Tuesday morning.

“The United States and our allies 

seek peace in the Middle East,” 
Dingell wrote in her statement. 
“We have two goals: promoting 
peace and keeping the confidence 
of our allies who need American 
leadership. The JCPOA helps sup-
port both of these goals, which is 
why I will support it.”

Most 
Michigan 
Republicans 

have released statements of dis-
approval. 
Michigan 
Attorney 

General 
Bill 
Schuette, 
along-

side Oklahoma Attorney Gen-
eral Scott Pruitt, released a www.
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schuette-urges-states-impose-
sanctions-iran letter to all 50 state 
governors encouraging them to 
impose state-regulated sanctions. 
Schuette argued that though the 
nation wants to lower sanctions 
in return for Iran’s cooperation, 
states could still impose their own 
sanctions.

John Ciorciari, assistant profes-

sor of public policy, said University 
students should stay away from 
distorted stories in the media.

“I think it’s very important for 

anyone interested in this deal to get 
beyond the nightly news, and espe-
cially beyond the often polemical 
stories on the evening cable news 
shows,” Ciorciari said. “Students 
should read the terms on the deal 
and read expert commentaries of a 
variety of perspectives.”

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This is a process that’s about 
your voices and your ideas.”

Schlissel added that the indi-

vidual plans are due by the end 
of this academic year, and will 
be compounded into a com-
prehensive University plan to 
improve diversity, which will 
be set in place for September 
2016.

“We know the process itself 

will be neither easy nor quick,” 
he said. “We will disagree at 
times, but the structure we’ve 
built is designed to encour-
age discussion, the sharing of 
successful programs and the 
development of new ideas. We 
want to encourage innovation 
to set broad parameters; not 
prescribed boxes.”

The president outlined pro-

grams already in place at the 
University to improve diver-
sity and inclusion, including a 
program to package admission 
offers and financial aid awards. 
He also said the University 
plans to reach out earlier to stu-
dents with incomplete applica-

tions and to improve outreach 
to admitted students before 
they decide to enroll. Kedra 
Ishop, the University’s associ-
ate vice president for enroll-
ment management, led these 
efforts.

Schlissel told The Michi-

gan Daily last week that these 
ongoing efforts would result 
in visible impacts to this year’s 
freshman enrollment numbers 
— a sentiment he echoed during 
Wednesday’s luncheon.

In recent years, Black enroll-

ment at the University has 
hovered around 4 percent — a 
reality that has in part driven 
calls for new diversity efforts 
on campus. During the tail end 
of President Emerita Mary Sue 
Coleman’s tenure, members of 
the University’s Black Student 
Union called on the University 
to address several issues related 
to inclusion, equity and diver-
sity.

The University will also 

launch a pilot program this 
year to improve the recruit-
ment of students from economi-
cally disadvantaged families 
throughout Michigan. The pro-
gram was developed with the 

help of Susan Dynarski, a Uni-
versity professor of education, 
economics and public policy. 
Known as the Hail Scholars 
Program, the effort is designed 
to increase applications to the 
University from high-achieving 
low-income students.

University Provost Martha 

Pollack and Doug Strong, then-
interim chief financial officer, 
previously set up a staff com-
mittee on diversity, equity and 
inclusion, chaired by Laurita 
Thomas, associate vice presi-
dent for human resources. They 
submitted their recommenda-
tions to enhance staff diversity 
and inclusiveness last month, 
and the report was posted 
online today.

So far, new faculty orienta-

tion this year included a session 
on leveraging student diversity 
in classroom discussions. Plans 
are in the process to extend this 
training to all faculty.

After remarks from the presi-

dent, Robert Sellers, University 
vice provost for equity, inclu-
sion and academic affairs, and 
Regent Shauna Ryder Diggs (D), 
tables of attendees discussed 
ideas for the improvement of 

diversity on campus. Facili-
tators at each table recorded 
the attendants’ ideas to con-
tribute to the University’s 
plan. 

The University is plan-

ning 
a 
University-wide 

diversity summit scheduled 
for November.

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