Tell Congress: Stop War With Iran!
We need our leaders not to resort to stale policies in this 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. Call your Members of Congress and tell them #NoWarWithIran!
Fatemeh Sepehri: The Story of a Free Spirit Behind Bars
برای خواندن این مطلب به فارسی اینجا را کلیک کنید Next spring, Fatemeh Sepehri will see her 61st year. Currently 60 years old, she is serving an 18-year sentence in Mashhad for calling for change in the Islamic Republic. Despite her frequent arrests throughout the years as well as significant health issues, she has never wavered […]
The Deeply Concerning Arrest of Alireza Doroudi, a Doctoral Student
Was Doroudi’s arrest a mistake, or a case of mistaken identity? Was the arrest related to visa complications or violations of U.S. law? Right now, there’s no clear word. Yet a young man from the Iranian community here in the United States has had his future upended without any basic respect for the due process that everyone in our democracy is owed.
House Responds to Israeli-Iranian Missile Exchange by Taking Rights Away From Americans
“This bill is very concerning because it’s the beginning of a process of criminalizing something that is very normal for many people, which is traveling to Iran,” said Ryan Costello, policy director at the National Iranian American Council. “If you’re an American citizen, the government should not be controlling where you can travel.”
30+ Orgs Warn Against Yemen Escalation and Regional War
Washington, DC – More than 30 community, faith-based and anti-war organizations warned President Biden against escalation toward Yemen, including unauthorized military strikes. This comes after reports indicated that the administration was developing plans for airstrikes on Yemen, which would risk a full-blown expansion of the conflict in Israel and Palestine across the greater Middle East, […]
بیانیه نایاک در رابطه با اعدام محسن شکاری
Click here to read this in English. واشنگتن دیسی – شورای ملی ایرانیان آمریکا (نایاک) با صدور بیانیهای اعدام محسن شکاری، معترض ۲۳ ساله که پس از کشته شدن مهسا امینی دستگیر شده بود را محکوم کرد. متن بیانیه به شرح ذیل میباشد اعدام محسن شکاری پس از یک محاکمه جعلی، ظلمی آشکار و تخلف […]
NIAC Welcomes Biden Administration Commitment for UN Pressure on Iran over Brutal Crackdown
Washington, DC – NIAC welcomes today’s announcement from U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield in support of establishing an independent UN investigative mechanism to hold Iran accountable for its international rights violations, as called for by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran, and by Vice President Kamala Harris announcing U.S. support […]
نامه همبستگی برای حمایت از اعتراضات ایران
Click here to read this in English. به عنوان سازمانهای مدنی آمریکایی متعهد به حقوق زنان و عدالت در سراسر جهان، ما در همبستگی با مردم شجاع ایران، زنان و دختران ایرانی، که برای حقوق اولیه خود اعتراض میکنند، میایستیم و نقض ظالمانه، گسترده و سیستماتیک حقوق بشر را به شدت محکوم میکنیم. حکومت ایران به […]
پیام اتحاد از نایاک
Click Here for English ما از افراد بسیاری در جامعه خود شنیدهایم که نگران حملات تخریبی و درگیریهای داخلی هستند که در چند روز اخیر درون جامعه ایرانی ساکن خارج از کشور افزایش یافته است. اکنون زمان تفرقه نیست، زمان اتحاد است ما که در خارج از ایران ساکن هستیم و از این امتیاز بزرگ […]
Memo: Muslim Ban Hangover in the First Half of 2022
In the first half of 2022, the Biden administration accelerated its processing of Iranian visas, though still fell far short of processing rates that preceded Donald Trump’s Muslim ban and the COVID-19 pandemic. While the data demonstrates an improvement from 2021 in several categories, including visitor visas, visa processing for Iranians has yet to come […]
Foreign Affairs Committee Rejects GOP Effort To Undermine U.S. Diplomacy on Iran
In rejecting the resolution, lawmakers demonstrated that there is indeed political space for Congress to approve of efforts to resolve the nuclear issue with Iran diplomatically, in spite of efforts by outside groups and a small group of Democratic lawmakers seeking to portray diplomacy as politically toxic.
Expert Panel on Ending Discriminatory Bank Account Closures
“In some cases, it is [based on] nothing, it’s basically their name, they’ve done everything correctly. They weren’t sent anything and their account was closed,” says Mehrnoush Yazdanyar, Esq. Yazdanyar was speaking on the National Iranian American Council’s expert panel exploring why banks have targeted so many individuals of Iranian heritage and other minority communities […]