Washington, DC – The National Iranian American Council issued the following statement in response to reports that Iran conducted missile strikes inside Israel:
Back to top“Our thoughts are with all those innocent civilians impacted by this mindless war – from Palestine to Lebanon to Iran and Israel.
“This is what a vacuum of American leadership and blind U.S. support of militarism has delivered – a spiraling conflict with mass devastation and rampant insecurity from the Mediterranean to the Arabian Sea.
“The Biden administration’s support for Israel’s escalate to de-escalate policy has massively failed. Many appear to have bought into the wrong notion that the conflicts across the region have military solutions, which is 100% false. Only through diplomacy can threats to Israel, the United States and Iran be reduced and security restored.
“It is clear that Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is succeeding in its goal of dragging the U.S. into a wider war. This may benefit his personal political ambitions, but it is a disaster for everyone else. The blank check for Bibi must be cut.
“We call on policymakers not to fall back to a knee-jerk and blind defense of Israel in this moment of crisis, but instead to warn about the headlong plunge to wider war and urge diplomacy to halt the tit-for-tat cycle and move toward de-escalation and a ceasefire.”