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Three Paths toward a Nuclear Deal with Iran
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
By: Reza Marashi (Special to Ploughshares Fund)
1) Balance the offer sheet.
2) Broaden the discussion.
3) Start with the end in mind.
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Iran Sanctions Stifling Iran's Freedom Movement
Thursday, May 9, 2013
By: Ryan Costello (Special to CNN)
Sweeping sanctions on Iran appear to have claimed their latest victim: the Samsung App store. Samsung has reportedly decided to block access to its App store in Iran from May 22.
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State Department Report Condemns Iran's Human Rights Violations
Friday, April 26, 2013
By: NIAC Staff
The Iranian government's human rights violations have escalated since the 2009 presidential elections, according to the U.S. Department of State's 2012 Iran Country Report on Human Rights Practices.
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NIAC Applauds Extension of Mandate for UN Iran Humans Rights Monitor
Friday, March 22, 2013
By: NIAC Press Release
NIAC applauds the United Nations Human Rights Council's vote today to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran and reiterates its condemnation of the Iranian government's human rights abuses.
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NIAC Calls on UN to Extend Human Rights Monitor Mandate, Condemns Iranian Government Abuses
Thursday, March 14, 2013
By: NIAC Press Release
NIAC calls on the UNHRC to vote next week in support of renewing the mandate for the monitor, which represents an important multilateral mechanism to address Iran's human rights situation.
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New Congressional Push to Prevent War, Establish Diplomatic Envoy to Iran
Thursday, February 21, 2013
By: Sina Toossi - News
Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) and ten of her colleagues are renewing a push to establish a Special Envoy to Iran who would lead efforts to pursue a diplomatic resolution to the nuclear dispute, prevent war, and support human rights.
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NIAC President Testifies before British Parliament
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
By: United Kingdom Foreign Affairs Committee
NIAC President Trita Parsi testifies before the British Parliament's one-off evidence session on the Iran nuclear issue.
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Huffington Post: Tightening The Noose
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
By: Reza Marashi - Analysis
The research director at NIAC, Reza Marashi, speaks to Huffington Post Live on the latest U.S sanctions on Iran.
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Al Jazeera: Iran's Media - The New Red Lines
Saturday, February 2, 2013
By: Reza Marashi - Analysis
Reza Marashi from the US-based National Iranian-American Council offers essential perspective, and the countervailing voice is Hillary Mann Leverett.
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NIAC Calls for Release of Iranian Journalists
Friday, February 1, 2013
By: NIAC Press Release
NIAC condemns the Iranian government's recent arrests of at least 14 journalists in Tehran, an act that demonstrates the government's continued brazen disregard for freedom of expression.
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Experts Discuss Delays and Future Negotiations on Iran Nuclear Issue
Thursday, January 31, 2013
By: Nadia Hakim - News
With a new round of nuclear negotiations involving the U.S. and Iran facing continued delays, experts analyzed the future of U.S.-Iran diplomacy at the Woodrow Wilson Center.
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Washington Post: Iranian Ministry Says Detained Journalists Worked Illegally with Foreign News Media
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
By: Jason Rezaian (Washington Post)
"It signals that they are concerned about a repeat of what happened after the contested elections in 2009," said Reza Marashi, Research Director at NIAC.
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Iran's Cyrus Cylinder Set To Make U.S. Debut
Monday, December 10, 2012
By: Negar Rafi - News
The British Museum has announced that the Cyrus Cylinder, widely viewed as the oldest known code of human rights, will go on exhibition in five U.S. museums in 2013.
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New Study Outlines Impact of Broad Sanctions on Iranian Americans
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
By: NIAC Press Release
ALC released a study today documenting the negative consequences of sanctions on Iranian Americans as part of a collaborative effort with IABA, PAAIA, and NIAC.
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NIAC Condemns Human Rights Abuses Squeezing Iranians, With No Exceptions
Thursday, November 15, 2012
By: NIAC Press Release
Over the past ten days we have witnessed two tragedies in which ordinary Iranians were killed under the gross repression of the Iranian government and the broad impact of crippling sanctions imposed by the U.S. government.
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NIAC Member Survey Shows Growing Concern about War and Sanctions
Thursday, October 18, 2012
By: Nobar Elmi - News
Concern about war with Iran has only intensified since our last member survey, and our members overwhelmingly chose to keep preventing war as NIAC's top priority.
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RT: Obama Executive Order Hits Iran with Harsher Sanctions
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
By: Jamal Abdi - Analysis
Obama has signed an order implementing new sanctions on Iran to make the country halt it's nuclear program which Iranian officials claim is for peaceful purposes. This comes amidst some older sanctions Iran has already been faced with. NIAC's Jamal Abdi takes a deeper look into the US government's Iran policy.
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NIAC Statement on Ahmadinejad UN Speech
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
By: NIAC Press Release
We must not allow the words of a politically marginalized president who is on the last leg of his presidency to distract from the very serious human rights abuses that continue to occur in Iran and the looming threat of a disastrous war between the U.S., Israel and Iran.
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Sick Of Sanctions
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
By: Trita Parsi - Analysis (special to The Daily Beast)
Mindful of their own opposition to the regime, Iranians are justifiably perplexed as to why the United States would adopt measures that harm the people so intensely--especially the weak and sick.
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BBC Persian: Who Beats the Drums of War?
Thursday, August 23, 2012
By: BBC Persian
BBC Persian interviews NIAC's President Trita Parsi on the threat of war from Israel and how the United States election plays a role.
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HuffPost Live: Crying Wolf on War
Thursday, August 23, 2012
By: Mike Sacks (HuffPost Live)
Huff Post Live interviews NIAC's Policy Director, Jamal Abdi on the possibility of war with Iran.
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Obama Made the Right Call -- and Everyone Won
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
By: Trita Parsi - Analysis (special to Huffington Post)
U.S. sanctions on Iran had prevented private U.S. aid organizations from sending crucial aid to the victims of the two earthquakes that shook northwestern Iran earlier last week. But with the issuance of the general license, these obstacles have been removed.
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Al Monitor: Why the White House Is Giving Blanket OK For Earthquake Aid to Iran
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
By: Barbara Slavin (Al Monitor)
"This enables NGOs to send donations directly to other NGOs in Iran," bypassing the Iranian government, which has said it would accept foreign help but has so far rejected assistance offered by the US government. "Now the onus is back in the Iranian court," Parsi said.
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New York Times: United States Grants Broad Sanctions Exemption for Iran Quake Aid
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
By: Rick Gladstone (The New York Times)
"The White House should be commended for ensuring that relief efforts won't be held hostage to the bad relations between the two countries," said NIAC Assistant Policy Director David Elliott.
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Radio Free Europe: U.S. Issues Blanket License To Aid Iranian Earthquake Victims
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
By: Radio Free Europe
NIAC Assistant Policy Director David Elliott said, "this humanitarian gesture will empower the American people to help Iranians who've lost everything to this terrible natural disaster."
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