“Under this heavy confinement, not just my hair but even my eyebrows have become white,” wrote Siamak Namazi, a dual national of Iran and the U.S. imprisoned in Iran, in a recent letter to Iran’...
Update (9/22/21): We are happy to hear reports today that Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi was released on bail on September 21st. He should never have been arrested in the first place, and he, like all I...
Click here to read this in English. پس از دستگیری توماج صالحی خواننده رپ ایرانی به دست نیروهای امنیتی ایران، شورای ملی ایرانی...
The protests that broke out in Iran’s southwestern Khuzestan province this summer followed a familiar pattern. Iranian citizens took to the streets to air grievances they have with the status quo, i...
On Friday, March 26, NIAC hosted a conversation with policymakers, Internet freedom advocates, and tech industry leaders on the policies and actions the new administration and the tech industry can ad...
Iranians, like any group, deserve unrestricted access to the free and open web. Tell the Biden administration to support internet freedom in Iran by expanding General License D-1 and encouraging tech ...
Join us for a conversation with policymakers, Internet freedom advocates, and tech industry leaders on the policies and actions the new administration and the tech industry can adopt to ensure the U.S...
"Over 50,000 Iranians have died from COVID-19 according to official figures, and reliable sources say the real figure could be twice or three times as high. Iranians desperately need access to vaccine...
The gathering of world leaders for the annual UN General Assembly from September 22-29 will bring international issues to the forefront of the news cycle. Current issues involving U.S.-Iran tensions a...
NIAC President, Jamal Abdi, joined a group of academics and policy makers to call on the Iranian government to release father and son, Baquer and Siamak Namazi, as well as other dual nationals arbitra...
نایاک بیتردید اعدام نوید افکاری را که به صورت ناگهانی، در خفا و بدون اطلاع خانوادهاش انجام شد، قویاً محکوم ...
NIAC condemns, unequivocally, the execution of Navid Afkari, which was carried out suddenly and in secret, without the knowledge of his family. We share our deepest condolences with his family, especi...