As the United States careens ever closer to general war against Iran, including the possible deployment of “boots on the ground” in the next hours and days; and as the world faces the growing probability that the conflict will then escalate into broader nuclear warfare; an extraordinary public dialogue to present an alternative to such a war was held on March 13 among a group of prominent government, religious, and political leaders from Iran, the United States, Germany, and Global South nations.
That hour-long dialogue can be viewed and read in the attached video and print documents. It constitutes a watershed in the presentation of alternatives to stop the head-long plunge into war. Speaking via Zoom and YouTube to a live audience of some 600 participants from 35 nations gathered for the 145th consecutive weekly meeting of the International Peace Coalition (IPC).
The panelists included H.E. Abolfazl Pasandideh, the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Mexico; Father Harry J. Bury, a renowned Catholic priest for 70 years and lifelong peace activist and member of the U.S. Catholic Priest Association; Jack Gilroy, of Veterans for Peace and Pax Christi International; H.E. Donald Ramotar, former President of Guyana (2011-2015); and Helga Zepp-LaRouche, the founder of the Schiller Institute.
Their dialogue constitutes a call to all nations represented in the United Nations and all organizations devoted to the preservation of peace, to immediately put on the agenda the need for a new international security and development architecture to replace the deadly system of geopolitics—or we shall face the likelihood of our self-destruction.
For further information:
“Zepp-LaRouche Calls on Pope Leo XIV To Intervene on the Level of Nicholas of Cusa,” (March 9, 2026).
