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

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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 […]