Carnegie’s “Junior Fellows” conference looks at new models of government
“[Liberal Democracy] is where the world was, not where it is going.” –Daniel Patrick Moynihan At yesterday’s Junior Fellows Conference at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, one thing was clear: The moment for democracy has passed. Democracy, as a Western, American export has long died in its appeal. According to panelists with expertise from […]
How the media duped Americans: Iraq(n)
In many ways, the American public was duped in the days leading up to the war in Iraq. Specifically, we were duped into believing that the threat posed by Iraq’s “weapons of mass destruction” was so grave that it warranted a preemptive attack. Sound familiar? It should. In recent months, the Bush administration has used […]
NIAC launches new logo, amended mission statement to reflect growth
Washington DC – Today, the National Iranian American Council (NIAC) launched its new logo and amended mission statement, reflecting the organization’s growth and increased reach. Since its inception in 2002, NIAC has grown to become the largest grassroots Iranian-American organization in the United States. NIAC’s influence transcends the beltway to affect Iranian Americans all over […]
Wikipedia victory
In a March 19 email to NIAC, Wikipedia promised to “indefinitely halt” all editing on Wikipedia articles, “Trita Parsi” and “The National Iranian American Council.” In Wikipedia’s own words, “It seems clear that a small group of people, if not possibly a single person posing as several, has been consistently trying to re-add…questionable, poorly sourced […]
Sanctions cost us hearts and minds
Iranians, who usually have positive feelings towards the US, have grown increasingly disillusioned, according to a new opinion survey conducted by Terror Free Tomorrow: The Center for Public Opinion (TFT) and D3 Systems (D3). The survey polls 1,001 Iranians in all 30 Iranian provinces. While the majority of Iranians polled back improved US-Iran relations, many […]
Eli Lake misquotes NIAC
On March 6, Eli Lake, a self-described neo conservative writer for the New York Sun, falsely reported that the National Iranian American Council, when “queried” about Parnaz Azima, had “no comment.” Last week, a revolutionary court in Tehran sentenced Azima, an Iranian American journalist, to a year in prison for spreading “anti-state propaganda.” Lake’s story, […]