Category: Timeline Stories

All timeline stories.

Launched #BeshkantheVote, the election hub for Iranian Americans, with the aim of running the largest Iranian-American voter outreach and turnout ever, electing a record Iranian Americans into office,...

In response to an event on June 4th, 2020, in which Iranian American Peyman Bahadoran was shot and paralyzed by the NYPD, NIAC worked with his family to highlight the case and amplify Peyman’s recov...

Launched our 116th Congressional Scorecard, which reflects how each legislator performed in advancing peace and diplomacy with Iran, securing equitable immigration policies, and protecting the civil r...

By a margin of 85%, NIAC Action members voted to endorse Joe Biden for President. With our first presidential endorsement, we are committed to fighting for the rights of Iranian Americans and all Amer...

NIAC offered its members the opportunity to rent a new riveting documentary film, Desert One, a film that opens up an important dialogue to discuss the history of U.S.-Iran relations, ahead of its gen...

When it became apparent that the California Department of Education’s Ethnic Studies program was at risk of excluding several marginalized communities, including Iranian Americans, NIAC wrote a lett...

NIAC sent a letter to the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) warning that sanctions may bar many Iranian students from continuing their education amid the COVID-19 pandemi...

NIAC Action and 24 other groups sent a letter to the Senate to warn against the passage of S. 386, the so-called Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act, and the harm it would do to the immigrant com...

Secured language in 2020 Democratic platform against war and U.S.-led regime change in Iran and committing to returning to the Iran deal if Biden wins. Additionally, NIAC’s efforts helped secure a D...

Hosted a small business panel to explore how small businesses can acquire funding relief in efforts to provide assistance to all small business owners struggling through the pandemic....

 Launched our new report, Returning to & Building on the Iran Nuclear Deal: A Maximum Pressure Exit Strategy, to explore the trajectory of the Iran nuclear deal and roads to engagement under a po...

Made strides in repealing the Muslim Ban and preventing any future iterations from taking place after the NO BAN Act passed in the House....