• Newsweek: Which Countries Do Business with Iran? Donald Trump Threatens Nations with Economic Ties to Tehran August 7, 2018“The EU has taken some tough steps but will need to do more to ensure trade can continue without exposing companies to the sanctions,” Jamal Abdi, president of the National Iranian American Council told Newsweek.
• Buzzfeed News: The US is Hitting Iran with Some of the Harsh Sanctions Waived Under Obama August 6, 2018“I have little hope that the current Congress will act,” Jamal Abdi, head of the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), told BuzzFeed News in an email. “We have urged lawmakers to introduce legislation that would stop the President from sanctioning Europe and other parties who are merely upholding the agreement…”
• LISTEN: CounterSpin: Trita Parsi on Trump’s Iran Threat August 3, 2018In response to Trump’s offer to meet with Iran’s leadership, Trita Parsi, founder and president emeritus of NIAC, says that “it would be quite inaccurate to call an olive branch.” He goes further, stating that “just the offer of having conversations while the actual policy is to escalation ...
• LISTEN: Talk Media News: Why Iran’s Leaders Don’t Want to Meet with President Trump July 31, 2018Sina Toossi, a research associate at NIAC, says that if Trump really wants the Iranian meeting, it’s on him to rebuild any lost trust.
• Lobe Log: Will the Trump Administration Attack Iran? July 31, 2018Statements like those from Trump National Security Advisor John Bolton prompted Trita Parsi of the National Iranian-American Council (NIAC) to assert that “the appointment of Bolton is essentially a declaration of war on Iran.”

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