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October 7, 2024

Today, October 7, we mark a somber anniversary. This day marks when Hamas launched a horrific attack that killed hundreds of Israeli civilians, which was rightly condemned across the world. Many, including the families of Israelis taken hostage by Hamas, are still grieving that horrific day and all the bloodshed that has followed.  That day […]

October 3, 2024

Washington, DC – In recent months, the National Iranian American Council (NIAC) has fielded a significant number of complaints regarding Wells Fargo’s treatment of its customers of Iranian heritage. This includes abrupt account closures and demands to sign an “Iran Declaration,” which requires those who sign it to declare they have no intent to return […]

September 27, 2024

Washington, DC – Ryan Costello, Policy Director with the National Iranian American Council, issued the following statement amid further regional tensions following a major Israeli airstrike in Lebanon aimed at killing the leader of Hezbollah: “We are profoundly alarmed by Israel’s bombing of a major population center in the suburbs of Beirut in an apparent […]

September 19, 2024

Despite opposition from NIAC and organizations like the ACLU, the White House, and a majority of Congressional Democrats, the House of Representatives passed a bill last week demonizing Iranian, Chinese, Russian, and other immigrant communities in America for purchasing real estate.  H.R. 9456, The Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024, is part […]

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October 1, 2024

قوانین Alien Land Laws یا «منع خرید ملک» چه هستند؟ قوانین «منع خرید ملک» برای اتباع بیگانه در آمریکا مجموعه‌ای از تلاش‌هایی است که مالکیت زمین و مسکن را برای افراد بر اساس تابعیت ملی آن‌ها در کشور آمریکا محدود می‌کند. از سال ۲۰۲۳ در ایالت تگزاس٬ قانونگذاران ایالتی و فدرال طرح‌هایی را پیشنهاد کرده‌اند […]

May 16, 2024

For years, Iranian Americans, Iranian nationals and other minority groups have been discriminated against by U.S. financial institutions who close or restrict their accounts with little to no warning. This process, which is done in an apparent overcompliance with broad sanctions on Iran, is known as “de-risking.”  These incidents have been well documented, with closures […]

April 15, 2024

We are deeply concerned by the legislative theater planned by the Republican Majority concerning U.S. policy toward Iran. This weekend, we saw the consequences of reckless militarism in the Middle East when Iran launched a massive volley of drones and missiles against Israel to retaliate for Israel’s April 1 bombing of its diplomatic compound in […]

March 15, 2024

The innocuously-named “Iranian Sanctions Enforcement Act of 2023” (H.R. 6201/S. 3197) seeks to significantly increase U.S. interdictions of Iranian shipping vessels to enforce unilateral U.S. sanctions, a highly escalatory proposition that risks heightening tensions and inviting Iranian reprisals. The push is particularly unwise in the current context of regional hostilities that have spilled across the […]

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October 7, 2024

Today, October 7, we mark a somber anniversary. This day marks when Hamas launched a horrific attack that killed hundreds of Israeli civilians, which was rightly condemned across the world. Many, including the families of Israelis taken hostage by Hamas, are still grieving that horrific day and all the bloodshed that has followed.  That day […]

September 23, 2024

Two years ago, the arrest and subsequent murder of 22-year-old Mahsa Jina Amini by the Morality Police, known as the Guidance Patrol, triggered a widespread protest movement that has represented one of the most significant challenges to the Islamic Republic. The Iranian government suddenly found itself contending with a “post-Mahsa Iran,” a society irrevocably changed. […]

July 17, 2024

Two months ago, a hardline President infamous for overseeing mass executions in the Iranian judiciary was the second most powerful man in Iran, and was expected to remain so and potentially assume the role of Supreme Leader after the eventual passing of Ali Khamenei. There was little hope on the horizon for any change after […]

April 4, 2024

By Jamal Abdi Iranian Americans who have had their bank accounts closed or who have been subjected to invasive and persistent questioning by their banks because of their Iranian heritage were dealt another blow in the effort to stop banking discrimination. Two years ago, Bank of America was sued for shutting down the bank account […]