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NIAC Statement on Secretary Pompeo’s Iran Policy Address May 21, 2018Washington, D.C. – Jamal Abdi, the Vice President for Policy of the National Iranian American Council, issued the following statement after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s address on Iran:
Important Announcement on NIAC’s Next Chapter May 17, 2018The last seventeen years in which I have led NIAC have been the most rewarding of my professional life. I couldn’t be any prouder of what we have built together at NIAC – and how far we have come in giving Iranian Americans a seat at the table and a ...
NIAC Statement on Designation of CBI Officials May 15, 2018Washington, DC – NIAC Vice President for Policy Jamal Abdi issued the following statement regarding the Trump administration’s designation of the governor and a senior official of the Central Bank of Iran:
Who Ordered Black Cube’s Dirty Tricks? May 9, 2018It seems clear that whoever hired Black Cube also favored the US’s withdrawal from the Iran deal.
NIAC Sends Letter to Bank of America Demanding Immediate End to Bank Account Closures May 9, 2018Washington, D.C. — Today, the National Iranian American Council (NIAC) delivered a letter to Bank of America CEO, Brian T. Moynihan, concerning the alarming amount of customers of Iranian descent that have contacted NIAC because they have had their bank accounts suspended or closed, and funds wrongfully withheld, without any ...

KQED: United States Withdraws from Iran Nuclear Deal May 10, 2018NIAC’s Trita Parsi and Jamil Jaffer debate President Trump’s decision to violate the JCPOA.
Democracy Now: Trump Pulls United States Out of Iran Nuclear Deal, Dramatically Escalating Threat of War with Iran May 9, 2018“I think this is an extremely dangerous situation, much more dangerous than we had in 2011 and 2012, because even though the U.S. was inching closer to a war with Iran back then and Iran was moving forward with its nuclear program, back then there was still a diplomatic option ...
EBL News: Trita Parsi on Trump Pulling U.S. Out of Iran Nuclear Deal May 8, 2018Trita Parsi says Donald Trump’s decision to unilaterally leave the Iran deal could lead to an unnecessary nuclear crisis.
The Guardian: Donald Trump Says U.S. Will No Longer Abide by Iran Deal – As It Happened May 8, 2018Trita Parsi, president of NIAC, said Trump’s “reckless decision” puts the US on path to war with Iran.
CGTN America: Trump Withdraws U.S. From Iran Nuclear Deal May 8, 2018“Nobody with a straight face today can say anything Donald Trump said today was anything but an airing of grievances. There’s no plan to address these issues, there’s no strategy, the team in place he has to address this – they gave you..the Iraq war.” says Reza Marashi on The ...