Two dozen organizations have written the Senate to warn against the passage of S. 386, the so-called Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act, given the harm it would do to immigrant communities while...
Washington, D.C. – Today, a group of 22 anti-war organizations representing millions of Americans —including National Iranian American Council, Friends Committee on National Legislation, J Street,...
Last week, an explosion at Natanz nuclear enrichment facility in Iran set off a flurry of speculation about the incident and what it means for U.S.- Iran relations in the lead up the U.S. Presidential...
Washington, DC - Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Ed Markey (D-MA) have proposed to cut Pentagon spending “by 10 percent and use the $74 billion in savings to invest in distressed communities arou...
Washington DC - The National Iranian American Council (NIAC) is concerned that Neuromatch Academy, a global online summer school based in the U.S. that advances public health and will teach neuroscien...
In November 2018, we warned that President Trump’s decision to abandon the Iran nuclear agreement had substantially damaged U.S. national security interests, credibility with allies, and global lead...
This week, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) held a virtual session to discuss the UN Secretary General’s most recent report on the implementation of Resolution 2231. Also, three fires and ...
Since President Trump withdrew from and violated the Iran nuclear deal, tensions with Iran have risen dramatically. The U.S. and Iran have moved to the edge of war twice in the past year, including in...
Jamal Abdi, President of the National Iranian American Council, issued the following statement following a Washington Post report indicating that the Trump administration is planning to end sanctions ...
According to The New York Times, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is planning to use the expiration of the UN arms embargo on Iran in October 2020 in a broader strategy to snap back all United Nations s...
After weeks of calling for the release of Dr. Sirous Asgari from civil immigration detention, we are deeply distressed to learn that he has contracted COVID-19 while held in detention. Given his extre...
The expiration of the UN arms embargo on Iran in October 2020, which was continued for an additional five years under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) despite being a nuclear-related san...