We write to outline our concern that Venmo and its parent company Paypal, Inc. have engaged in actions toward account holders with Iranian heritage that many in our community perceive as discriminatio...
President Biden should be commended for rescinding the Muslim Ban on his first day in office. However, that is a step that could be easily reversed by a successor administration. Congress must clarify...
Jamal Abdi, President of the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), issued the following statement after the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued General Lice...
در چهار سال اخیر که دولت ترامپ سر کار بوده است، شاهد گسترش تبعیض علیه جوامع مهاجر و یک گفتمان به شدت خشن در عرصه...
Over the course of the past four years of the Trump administration, we have seen rising discrimination against immigrant communities and increasingly vicious discourse on the global stage. Iranian Ame...
While Bahadoran’s erratic behavior and combative demeanor warranted intervention, his mental health state should have signaled the officers to deescalate the situation. Instead, officers on the scen...
The 116th Congress considered many issues of importance to the Iranian-American community, including the Muslim ban that has separated Iranian Americans from their loved ones and bills to block the Tr...
Washington, D.C. - This week, with the release of a draft Democratic platform that includes key recommendations supported by NIAC including returning to the Iran nuclear deal and repealing the Muslim ...
The passage of legislation to end the Muslim ban is a decisive victory for everyone impacted by this disgraceful ban that is rooted in Trump’s bigotry. If you feared for a loved one detained or depo...
The DNC should be applauded for its forward-leaning platform commitments on issues of importance to the Iranian-American community. The draft platform warns against the Trump administration’s danger...
Sen. Durbin is a true champion of immigrant communities in the United States, and today is no exception as he again sought to pass compromise legislation to fix the broken green card system. In advanc...
On June 22, 2020, President Trump issued a new Presidential Proclamation that expanded a growing web of restrictions on the entry of certain immigrants entering the U.S. The administration has argued ...