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June 3, 2011

Student Visas and Obama’s Goodwill Efforts – Let’s Talk Iran

Discussing new changes in the Iranian student visa policy and Obama’s efforts to build goodwill with Jamal Abdi, NIAC’s Policy Director.
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June 25, 2012

Apple’s ‘Iran Policy’ Shows Why We Can’t Shy Away from Politics

Apple Discrimination Internet Freedom Iran Iran Sanctions News and Analysis Jamal Abdi Nobar Elmi Tehran Bureau US-Iran Relations

NIAC’s Jamal Abdi and Nobar Elmi published a piece in Tehran Bureau last Friday in which they argue that recent allegations of discrimination by Apple employees against Iranian Americans are rooted in flawed US-Iran sanctions policy. They write, “we need to realize that what is happening is not just a series of individual cases of […]

November 4, 2011

Green lighting war is a great way to convince Iran to get the bomb

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This morning, amidst the buzz of threats of war with Iran coming out of Israel and the UK, a resolution green-lighting an Israeli military strike on Iran picked up 15 new supporters in the House of Representatives. The measure, sponsored by Rep. Louis Gohmert (R-TX), sends a dangerous signal to Israel and Iran and undermines the U.S. President’s […]