As President Obama hosts leaders from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the UAE on May 13 and 14, he will surely hear a push from them for a White House plan to contain Iran. However, recent candid remarks from Admiral Mike Mullen should cause America to think twice. Going against conventional wisdom in […]
This summer, the US Senate will choose between war and peace with Iran. If the right decision is made, Obama’s pending nuclear deal with Iran will be sustained and both a war and an Iranian nuclear bomb will be avoided. If the wrong vote is cast, diplomacy will collapse and the US and Iran will once again be on a path towards a disastrous war that will make the Iraq war look like the cake-walk it was promised to be. The good news is: If Americans speak up in large numbers, the Senate will choose peace.
150 members of the House of Representatives have sent President Obama the strongest Congressional endorsement of Iran diplomacy to date! These Representatives signed a letter, authored by Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) and David Price (D-NC), that endorses the framework agreement, urges that negotiations be given time and space to succeed, and warns against […]
Washington, DC – NIAC commends Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Rep. David Price (D-NC), and all 150 members of the House of Representatives who sent a letter to President Obama today providing the strongest Congressional endorsement of nuclear negotiations with Iran to date. “This letter reflects the views of the majority of […]
THANK YOU to all who helped make NIAC’s May 3rd Chicago fundraiser a huge success, for the sake of peace and diplomacy with Iran! Thanks to our generous Chicago supporters, we beat our $45K fundraising goal — and enjoyed a wonderful evening of inspiring words and delicious food! During this special event, guests enjoyed hearing insightful […]
On April 14th, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted an amended version of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act, S. 615 (the “Corker-Menendez bill”) out of committee. The legislation, which provides for Congressional review and oversight of any comprehensive nuclear deal reached with Iran, will now head to the Senate floor. President Obama has signaled […]
On April 14th, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted an amended version of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act, S. 615 (the “Corker-Menendez bill”) out of committee. The legislation, which provides for Congressional review and oversight of any comprehensive nuclear deal reached with Iran, will now head to the Senate floor. President Obama has signaled […]
The recent framework agreement between Iran and the P5+1—the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Russia and China—removed a major hurdle toward resolving the standoff over Tehran’s nuclear program. Though a final deal between Iran and the West before the self-imposed June 30 deadline is far from guaranteed, it cannot be excluded and now seems more reachable than ever before. But would such an agreement also bring about a broader rapprochement between the U.S. and Iran? And what changes to Iran’s regional policy can be expected if a nuclear deal is reached and sanctions on the Islamic Republic are lifted?
Pro-diplomacy organizations called for Senate Foreign Relations Committee members to make substantive changes or reject S.615, the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act, in its current form.
View as PDF Senators Bob Corker (R-TN), and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) have introduced S.615 – the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act, which claims to provide Congressional oversight of an Iran nuclear agreement but in reality threatens to kill any deal. Congressional Veto: The bill enables Congress to veto any final deal. Delay: The bill would […]
Peace won. War lost. It’s as simple as that. Make no mistake, the framework agreement that was announced yesterday is nothing short of historic. A cycle of escalation has been broken – for the first time, Iran’s nuclear program will roll back, as will the sanctions Iran has been subjected too.
American neoconservatives, Israeli hawks, and Arab dictators alike are haunted by the same nightmare: After a nuclear deal, the US and Iran will gravitate toward an unspoken alliance, after which the US will betray its security commitments to historical allies in the Middle East. No such thing will happen. The US and Iran have many […]