A new Senate bill that purports to support human rights in Iran would actually ratchet up broad sanctions on the Iranian population, bolster Iranian hardliners, and even directly target some Iranian h...
NIAC sent the following letter urging Senators to refrain from signing the Menendez-Graham letter to President Obama regarding nuclear negotiations with Iran. ...
The Iran policy letter being circulated by Senators Menendez and Graham will complicate nuclear negotiations with Iran. The letter includes implicit demands for "zero enrichment" and sets other u...
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) added to her credentials as a champion of diplomacy with Iran with a remarkable speech on the floor of the Senate last night. Sen. Feinstein warned that S.1881, a sanction...
The Cable reports that a bipartisan group of Senators have sent a letter to the Chairmen of the Iran sanctions conference, laying down the gauntlet regarding changes sought by the Obama Administration...
Washington, DC – The National Iranian American Council applauds the Senate’s passage yesterday of S.Res.355, which condemned Iran’s deplorable human rights record, urged the restorat...
Cross Posted from www.niacouncil.org Washington DC – Last night, the Senate voted unanimously to adopt legislation that aims to aid the ability of the Iranian people to access news and informati...
Trusted sources have confirmed that Senator John Rockefeller will step down from his chairmanship of the Select Intelligence Committee to assume the all powerful post of Commerce Committee chair. The ...
Last night, a number of frantic emails from colleagues and Hill staffers revealed that, despite previous signs that proposed Iran sanctions were dead in the water, a bill will be considered either tod...
Members of the House and Senate conference committee finished their work today to finalize the language on the defense authorization bill. They did not include any new sanctions on Iran in the vers...
Last night at 6:30pm, the Senate voted 88-8 to approve the Defense Authorization Act of 2009 (S. 3001) without taking up nearly 100 pending amendments, including new Iran sanctions proposed by Sen. ...
I have often been asked, “There are so many Iranian Americans in California, how come the Presidential candidates are not asking for our votes?” This is a good place to start our discussions about...