Bank of America Faces Groundbreaking Class Action After Years of Discriminatory Pratices
For years, the National Iranian American Council has been tracking reports as Iranian Americans, Iranian nationals and other minority groups have faced discrimination by U.S. financial institutions. One of the most egregious actors is Bank of America, which has a long-standing history of closing or restricting bank accounts based on national heritage. They have claimed […]
NIAC Statement on Passage of IAEA Resolution on Iran
Ryan Costello, Policy Director with the National Iranian American Council, issued the following statement after the IAEA Board of Governors passed a censure resolution calling on Iran to cooperate into the long-stalled investigation into some of Iran’s former nuclear activities. The resolution passed 30-2 with three abstentions: “There is only one path to restoring restraints […]
Malley and Senators Defend Nuclear Negotiations in Key Iran Hearing
“The simple fact is this: As a means of constraining Iran’s nuclear program, the JCPOA was working. Leaving it has not.” U.S. Envoy to Iran Robert Malley defended the Biden administration’s Iran negotiations in a high stakes Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing this morning. The hearing took place with negotiations to restore the JCPOA, or […]
Panel Delves Into Risks of U.S.-Iran Diplomatic Deadlock
“The threat is much more urgent and Iran is much closer to a nuclear weapon from a capability perspective,” said Kelsey Davenport of the Arms Control Association. “We are very close to the point where Iran can make the decision to produce enough fissile material for a weapon and international inspectors may not detect that.” […]
NIAC Action Statement on Lankford Anti-Diplomacy Motion
Ryan Costello, Policy Director with National Iranian American Council Action, issued the following statement on the Senate’s non-binding vote for Sen. Lankford’s motion to instruct undermining the Biden administration’s nuclear negotiations with Iran: This was a non-binding vote, but it should be a wake-up call for the Biden administration that the deal won’t save itself. […]
Memo: The Designation Overshadowing the Iran Nuclear Negotiations
Reports indicate that most major issues in the Iran nuclear negotiations, aimed at restoring the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), are near the finish line. But one major hurdle appears to remain: the Trump administration’s unprecedented designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) – a major branch of the armed forces in Iran […]
Optimism in Vienna on Iran nuclear negotiations
Reports today that eleven months of negotiations aimed at restoring the nuclear agreement with Iran, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, are near the finish line. The text of the “Decision of the Joint Commission,” laying out the contours of a U.S. return to the deal and Iranian return to compliance may be […]
Memo: Menendez-Graham Resolution on Nuclear Diplomacy (S.Res. 511)
Late last week, Sens. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) introduced a resolution pushing the Biden administration to adopt an alternative approach to Iran and its nuclear program. Menendez and Graham are long-time vocal critics of the nuclear agreement with Iran, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and have stepped up […]
NIAC Statement on Sen. Menendez’s Attacks on Biden’s Diplomacy
Menendez has never proposed a viable alternative that could do a tenth of what the JCPOA accomplished and could achieve again.
Memo: The Muslim ban Hangover
President Biden made good on his promise to end the Muslim and African bans on Day 1 of his administration, calling them a “stain on our national conscience.” Yet, recovering from the bans has been painfully slow for many families that hoped rescission would deliver near-term relief. The State Department has cited the pandemic as […]
NIAC Memo: Signs of Progress in Iran Nuclear Negotiations?
Negotiations toward a restoration of the nuclear deal with Iran, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), continue in Vienna, Austria this week. It remains unclear whether an agreement can be finalized before the Biden administration’s floating deadline for an agreement, which could come as soon as the end of January. A restoration of […]
NIAC Statement on Conclusion of 7th Round in Vienna
Ryan Costello, Policy Director with the National Iranian American Council, issued the following statement upon the conclusion of the second half of the seventh round of multilateral nuclear negotiations in Vienna, Austria aimed at reviving the Iran nuclear deal: “The Vienna talks appear to be building a bit of momentum following increasing concern that the […]