• Trump Seeks to Abuse Inspections in the Iran Deal to Fabricate Crisis July 27, 2017Trita Parsi, President of the National Iranian American Council and author of Losing an Enemy – Obama, Iran and the Triumph of Diplomacy, issued the following statement in response to reports that the Trump administration is planning to abuse the inspections mechanism of the Iran nuclear deal in order to ...
• Democrats, So Focused on Russia, Risk Pushing Trump to War With Iran July 25, 2017In Congress today, Democrats plan to slap Donald Trump on Russia while giving him a green light to do serious damage to the Iran deal — perhaps even setting the stage for military confrontation. It’s easy to forget that, less than five years ago, the top foreign policy concern for the ...
• Iranian-American Community Advisory: Know Your Rights at the Airport and the Border July 24, 2017Given the recent “Muslim Travel Ban” executive orders, many Iranians are concerned about their right to enter the United States (U.S.) and interacting with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), which polices the border. This advisory provides some general guidance.
• Republicans Vote Down Amendment to Protect Families from Muslim Ban July 19, 2017WASHINGTON, DC – Congress took its first vote on the Muslim ban yesterday, as an amendment to protect family members from the Muslim ban was voted down by Republican legislators 23-29. The amendment, introduced by Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI), was offered during a markup of the Homeland Security Appropriations bill ...
• In First And Only Vote On Trump’s Muslim Ban, Republicans Fail The Test July 19, 2017Tuesday morning, the House of Representatives did the unthinkable: lawmakers actually held a vote on Donald Trump’s Muslim ban. Representative Mark Pocan had the nerve in the Appropriations committee to call for a vote on whether taxpayer dollars should be used to enforce Trump’s Muslim ban against the grandparents and other ...

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