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With her health declining and life in danger, Nasrin Sotoudeh finally broke her hunger strike after more than 45 days. A fearless human rights defender, Sotoudeh began her hunger strike on August 11, 2020 to protest the unjust detentions of prisoners of conscience in Iran, as well as prison conditions and the risk of spreading Covid-19. On September 26th, her husband, Reza Khandan, shared the news of Sotoudeh breaking her hunger strike along with Rezvaneh Ahmad Khan Beigi, due to their dire health conditions.
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Assal and Mana sat down with NIAC Advisory Board Member Ambassador John Limbert to discuss his new novel with co-author Ambassador Marc Grossman, Believers: Love and Death in Tehran. Though a tale of fiction, Limbert brings his knowledge of Iran’s history, language, and culture, as well as his own experience as one of 52 American hostages held by Iranian students in 1979, to this engrossing spy novel set in Iran at the outset of the U.S. embassy seizure.
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Washington, DC – Jamal Abdi, Executive Director of National Iranian American Council Action (NIAC Action), issued the following statement on new restrictions proposed by the Trump administration that would target international students, including a 2 year maximum visa for Iranian students and other nationals of countries whose governments have been designated by the U.S. as state sponsors of terrorism:
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“The Trump administration broke the international consensus around Iran that took years to build,” said Suzanne DiMaggio, senior fellow at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. “I think this will go down as an epic strategic blunder during the Trump Era.” DiMaggio was speaking on NIAC’s recent panel examining current and future U.S. policy toward Iran, entitled “A Maximum Pressure Exit Strategy: Can the U.S. Save the Iran Nuclear Deal Before it’s Too Late?” Joining DiMaggio as panelists were Jamal Abdi, President of NIAC, and Joe Cirincione, President of the Ploughshares Fund. Sanam Shantyaei, Senior Journalist at France 24, led the panel as moderator.
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This week, both the U.S. and Iranian presidents gave their respective speeches to the United Nations General Assembly. Also, the U.S. imposed new sanctions after claiming all UN sanctions were reimposed on Iran, which was met with yet another round of rejection from the international community. Please see our breakdown and analysis below:
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“The Trump administration broke the international consensus around Iran that took years to build,” said Suzanne DiMaggio, senior fellow at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. “I think this will go down as an epic strategic blunder during the Trump Era.” DiMaggio was speaking on NIAC’s recent panel examining current and future U.S. policy toward Iran, entitled “A Maximum Pressure Exit Strategy: Can the U.S. Save the Iran Nuclear Deal Before it’s Too Late?” Joining DiMaggio as panelists were Jamal Abdi, President of NIAC, and Joe Cirincione, President of the Ploughshares Fund. Sanam Shantyaei, Senior Journalist at France 24, led the panel as moderator.
With her health declining and life in danger, Nasrin Sotoudeh finally broke her hunger strike after more than 45 days. A fearless human rights defender, Sotoudeh began her hunger strike on August 11, 2020 to protest the unjust detentions of prisoners of conscience in Iran, as well as prison conditions and the risk of spreading Covid-19. On September 26th, her husband, Reza Khandan, shared the news of Sotoudeh breaking her hunger strike along with Rezvaneh Ahmad Khan Beigi, due to their dire health conditions.