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  • Can the Iran Accord Survive New Challenges? December 31, 2015iran_1436023194125_20803780_ver1.0_640_480 While Iran has swiftly moved to comply with the terms of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the multilateral nuclear accord struck in July, hardliners in both Iran and the U.S. have already succeeded in provoking actions that threaten to poison the atmosphere for the deal’s implementation. As the agreement enters ...
  • Together With NIAC, An Incredible Year of Accomplishments December 30, 2015NIAC LogoDear friends, Looking back, there’s no question: this has been a historic year of accomplishments for our community. Here’s what we accomplished together in 2015: We helped secure a historic nuclear deal with Iran that prevented both war and nuclear proliferation. We helped lead effort to win the necessary votes for the nuclear deal ...
  • Text: Sec. Kerry Letter to Zarif Regarding Visa Waiver Reform December 20, 2015NIAC LogoSecretary Kerry’s letter to the Iranian Foreign Minister reassuring Iran that recently passed visa reforms would not threaten U.S. JCPOA commitments.
  • Now I’m a Second-Class Citizen December 17, 2015postgazetteLast week, in a swift move that flew under the radar of many civil liberties and activist groups, the House passed the Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act. Aimed at reforming the Visa Waiver Program, the measure received bipartisan support for tightening travel restrictions between the 38 ...
  • Will Congress Use Trump’s Racist Rhetoric to Create Second Class Americans? December 8, 2015UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 3: House Administration Chairwoman Candice Miller, R-Mich., participates in House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy's media availability with the Chairman's Task Force on Counterterrorism and Homeland Security in the Capitol on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)If you thought Donald Trump’s divisive, bigoted and blatantly racist rhetoric was just a reflection of the silliness we always face during primary campaigns, think again. This bigotry is not only dominating the news cycle and winning Trump Republican primary votes. It’s directly trickling into to new legislation that Congress ...


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  • VICE News: This Was the Year That Iran Finally Started to Come in From the Cold December 24, 20151388170088vice_news_logo_stackedIn many ways, 2015 has been a transitional point for Iran and its relationship to the outside world. Iran finally seems to be coming out from the cold. “For years, Iran was out of bounds to lot of countries,” Trita Parsi noted. “But the nuclear deal has profoundly changed that. ...
  • VICE News: Iran Says New US Travel Restrictions Could Violate Nuclear Deal December 23, 20151388170088vice_news_logo_stackedThe issue is particularly sensitive for dual-Iranian citizens, many of whom are Iranian citizens by birth — a Frenchman or Englishwoman with an Iranian father, for example, is automatically granted Iranian citizenship. A number of American advocacy groups, including the ACLU and the National Iranian American Council, have also called ...
  • USA Today: Visa-Waiver Changes Part of Government Spending Bill December 16, 2015usatodayJamal Abdi, executive director of the National Iranian American Council, urged opposition to the legislation, which he said in a statement could turn Iranian Americans “into a second class of citizen while traveling abroad.”//
  • Al-Monitor: Tunisia Wins, Iran Loses in US Spending Bill December 16, 2015almonitor“There’s two big concerns,” said Tyler Cullis of the National Iranian American Council. “First, Europe could reciprocate the US measures — particularly against US travelers to Iran — in ways that undermine attempts to build bridges between Americans and the Iranian people; and second, by excluding European business-travelers to Iran from the ...
  • The Huffington Post: Am I Not American Enough? December 14, 2015huffpost logoThe visa waiver program operates on a system of reciprocity and according to Trita Parsi, the President of the National Iranian American Council, a non-profit organization in Washington D.C., “it will very likely trigger reciprocal restrictions from Europe and participating countries.” With the revisions to the program, it intends to ...


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