Category: Timeline StoriesAll timeline stories.
All timeline stories.
All timeline stories.
Alongside Iranian-American organizations nationwide, we urged ICE to release Iranian national Dr. Sirous Asgari who was unjustly detained by the agency and held in conditions that heightened risk of c...
Premiered NIACast, the NIAC podcast that brings together NIAC staff, experts and analysts, and members of our community to break down current political issues, celebrate arts and culture, and discuss ...
Advocated for immigrant healthcare by joining over 550 advocacy organizations across the country in sending a letter to Congress, urging legislation to include healthcare and economic support for immi...
Sent a letter to the International Monetary Fund urging them to approve a loan for Iran that would greatly help ordinary Iranians and ensure the support reaches the intended beneficiaries....
Partnered with organizations like MoveOn, Win Without War, and J Street to call for humanitarian relief and an easing of U.S. sanctions in light of Iran’s difficulty accessing the basic medical ...
NIAC Policy Director Ryan Costello discusses how U.S. sanctions and the Iranian government’s own ineptitude is contributing to the devastation of Iran’s public health sector amidst the cor...
Announced our first wave of 2020 endorsements, both Iranian American and non-Iranian, who have proven themselves dedicated to ensuring our community’s interests are represented at all levels of ...
Sent a letter to the Treasury calling on it to ensure that U.S. sanctions do not hinder Iran’s coronavirus relief efforts. Fortunately, within days, the Treasury reversed course and exempted cer...
NIAC’s Assal Rad sat down with Professor Noam Chomsky to discuss U.S. foreign policy, endless wars, and the Middle East in order to paint a clearer picture of U.S.-Iran relations, the conversati...
Launched our Presidential Tracker to track the policies of 2020 Democratic Presidential candidates and encourage all of them, including presumptive nominee Joe Biden, to make two key commitments: to r...
NIAC Senior Research Fellow Dr. Assal Rad joins Al Jazeera to breakdown the latest escalation between the U.S. and Iran and the prospects for diplomacy....
NIAC President Jamal Abdi speaks about how rising fears of war, increasing sanctions, and repression inside Iran are affecting Iranian Americans in response to Donald Trump’s threats to bomb Iranian...