The “devastating” impact of sanctions amounts to “collective punishment” of Iranian citizens, NIAC president Jamal Abdi said in a statement. ...
The dynamics between Iran and Iraq far predate the current equation, however. As National Iranian American Council research associate Sina Toossi told Newsweek, "the two neighbors have been bound...
Meanwhile, Sina Toossi, research associate at the Washington, DC-based National Iranian-American Council, said that the main lesson the US can draw from the 1953 coup is that "intervention in the...
The National Iranian American Council (NIAC), a Washington-based advocacy group, slammed the establishment of the Iran Action Group, calling it an attempt to implement Pompeo's "dangerous vision"...
Sina Toossi, a research analyst at the Washington-based National Iranian American Council (NIAC), said appointing Hook to head the new policy initiative puts the US "on the path to war with Iran"...
Trita Parsi, president of the National Iranian American Council, described the announcement as “heavy on accusations and demands, and rather empty on substance,” saying it was “not clear wh...
“While Iranians are rightfully deeply frustrated with the clerical government, that doesn’t automatically translate into an embrace of Trump’s policies,” wrote Trita Parsi, president of t...
“The EU has taken some tough steps but will need to do more to ensure trade can continue without exposing companies to the sanctions," Jamal Abdi, president of the National Iranian American Cou...
There are “reports in Israeli media that Trump [and] Rouhani may hold a meeting during September [United Nations General Assembly],” notes Sina Toossi of the National Iranian American Council...
"I have little hope that the current Congress will act," Jamal Abdi, head of the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), told BuzzFeed News in an email. "We have urged lawmakers to introduce le...
In response to Trump's offer to meet with Iran's leadership, Trita Parsi, founder and president emeritus of NIAC, says that "it would be quite inaccurate to call [the offer] an olive branch." He ...
Sina Toossi, a research associate at NIAC, says that if Trump really wants the Iranian meeting, it's on him to rebuild any lost trust. ...