End the War in Gaza, Prevent Regional War with Iran
As the war in Gaza continues to claim more innocent lives and threaten mass famine, genocide, and a wider regional war with Iran, supporters of peace must do everything in our power to stop this crisis from escalating further.
We demand that the Biden Administration stop fueling the war with more weapons to Israel and instead finally utilize U.S. leverage and diplomacy to end the suffering and stop the conflict from spiraling into all out regional war.
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On February 15, NIAC hosted an expert panel with Lara Friedman, Daniel Levy, Barbara Slavin, and Jim Zobgy, moderated by Jamal Abdi.
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October 7: Reflecting on a Year of Immense Destruction and Loss
Today, October 7, we mark a somber anniversary. This day marks when Hamas launched a horrific attack that killed hundreds of Israeli civilians, which was
NIAC Leads 80+ Organizations in Urging President Biden to Halt Israel’s March to Regional War
Washington, DC – National Iranian American Council (NIAC) led more than 80 organizations representing diverse American communities in sending a letter to President Biden urging
Iran Strikes on Israel Underscore Urgent Need for De-escalation
Washington, DC – The National Iranian American Council issued the following statement in response to reports that Iran conducted missile strikes inside Israel: Our thoughts
Lebanon and Gaza Wars Threaten to Ignite U.S.-Iran Conflict
The spread of the Gaza war into Lebanon is a devastating development for those of us working to prevent a regional war that would pull
NIAC Statement: Urgent Call for U.S. Leadership to Prevent Regional War Following Israeli Airstrike in Lebanon
Washington, DC – Ryan Costello, Policy Director with the National Iranian American Council, issued the following statement amid further regional tensions following a major Israeli
NIAC Urges Diplomatic Action at UNGA to Prevent Escalation
Iran’s new president clearly wants to negotiate and has sent a delegation to the UN that includes its previous successful nuclear negotiating team. It would be malpractice for the Biden administration not to test this opportunity.
Israeli Escalation Continues to Threaten Regional Stability and Peace
As regional war looms and civilian casualties mount, NIAC urges the Biden administration to use all available leverage to secure a ceasefire and halt violence.
Supporting the Iranian People Means Opposing War
In 2002, the drumbeats of war started and countless talking heads in Washington, DC claimed that, if we invaded Iraq, it would bring democracy and
NIAC Statement on Assassination of Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh
Israel has apparently killed its counterpart in the ceasefire negotiations and, in so doing, killed immediate hopes of ending this war before it spirals into a regional conflagration. Hamas has engaged in many clear and disturbing violations of international law, including in the October 7th attacks, but the assassination of one of its prominent leaders and ceasefire negotiators in Iran’s capital is highly provocative.
Statement on Strikes Killing Civilians Playing Soccer in Golan Heights
The reports and images of the killing of children and teens at a soccer field in the town of Majdal Shams – home to a large Druze population in the Israel-occupied Golan Heights – have been heart-breaking. We mourn them, just as we mourn the countless children and innocent civilians who have been killed in this conflict. The United States to maximize its leverage over Netanyahu to force a ceasefire deal.
NIAC Statement on Benjamin Netanyahu’s Latest Congressional Address
Washington, DC – Jamal Abdi, President of the National Iranian American Council, issued the following statement regarding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s latest address before
Dozens of Civil Society Organizations Demand Federal Investigation Into Israeli Campaign Targeting Americans
Today NIAC led 30+ organizations in demanding the Biden administration call for an investigation and accountability into covert Israeli influence operations targeting Americans.
Do Iranian Americans Have a Stake in the War in Gaza?
The following piece was written by Jamal Abdi, President of the National Iranian American Council. The ongoing war in Gaza, in which Israeli forces have
NIAC Joins 180+ Organizations to Call on U.S. Universities to End Crackdown on Student Protests in Solidarity with Gaza
Washington, DC – NIAC was one among over 180 organizations in a letter today calling on U.S. universities to end the crackdown on campus protests
NIAC Joins Over 100 Organizations to Call for UNRWA Restoration
NIAC was one among over 100 organizations in a letter sent today to President Biden, Speaker Johnson and Leader Schumer expressing concern over Congress’s decision
With Israel and Iran on the Brink, Congress Doubles Down on War Path in the House
Congress is exploiting recent tensions to jam through a series of hawkish approaches toward Iran and the Middle East as a whole, including legislation to push forward a ban on U.S. travel to Iran and a package that provides billions to send weapons to Israel and an expansion of broad Iran sanctions.
NIAC Action New York travels to Washington DC to demand a Ceasefire Now and No War with Iran
NIAC Action’s New York Chapter sponsored and led a team of 23 volunteers from New York City down to D.C. to meet with leading lawmakers from New York – including staff for the Senate majority and House minority leaders – to call for a ceasefire, halting an escalation to war with Iran, surging humanitarian aid and halting all offensive weapons transfers to Israel.
Congress Includes Iran Sanctions in $26 Billion Israel Aid Bill
Congress is poised to advance – with President Biden’s endorsement – a massive $26 billion Israeli military aid package that includes several billions of dollars
CBC As It Happens: Israel Iran Strike
“The decision by Israel to conduct that strike, I do think was extremely reckless. And I think it is just a question of whether it was reckless out of, you know, negligence or hubris, or was it deliberately reckless? And, you know, my, my great fear is that it really was — the intention was — to provoke Iran, whether it’s to take the focus off of what is happening in Gaza, whether it is to regionalize the war and force the U.S. to enter directly to confront Iran.”
NIAC Statement on Israeli Strikes in Isfahan, Iran
We were deeply disturbed by the reports of an Israeli military strike in Isfahan last night which risked triggering a new cycle of violence in the brewing conflict between Israel and Iran. We call on Iran and Israel to stand down from further retaliation and respect international law, and for President Biden to finally move with urgency to de-conflict and end the war in Gaza.
NIAC Statement on Iranian Retaliation Against Israel
We are deeply concerned that Iranian retaliatory strikes following Israel’s April 1 attack on its diplomatic compound in Damascus will move the region even further from the path to peace and security. Now is the time for restraint and diplomacy, not more military escalation. Anyone who yearns for a future in which Iranians are free of the shackles of authoritarianism must reject war and work for peace and diplomacy.