E Pluribus Unum
It’s no challenge trying to find an American flag and seal in the U.S. State Department. Almost every place you look, you can find our nation’s beautiful seal decorated with these powerful words, “E Pluribus Unum” meaning Out of Many One. But the reason I went to the State Department was not just to admire […]
A New Look
As of today, niacINsight has a new look. We hope you like it! This is just the beginning, though. In a couple of days, NIAC will unveil a new and improved website over at niacouncil.org. It’s taken months to get everything ready, but soon you will be able to access brand new resources, news and […]
The truth is incontrovertible
Here at NIAC, we’ve been focusing on doing our work rather than devoting all our time to responding to the flimsy allegations made against us by Eli Lake (with the assistance of an individual we’re suing for defamation, and parroted by neoconservative bloggers). But since BBC Persian has done an actual investigation of the allegations […]
Abdo: “The Rise of the Iranian Dictatorship”
Geneive Abdo, Iran analyst at the Century Foundation, wrote an article in the October 7, 2009 edition of Foreign Policy about the expanding power of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Iran. Abdo writes: “The secretive paramilitary group became a dominant institution in Iran — socially, politically, militarily, and economically — during Ahmadinejad’s first […]
NIAC on Twitter
NIAC is now on Twitter–check us out here: twitter.com/niacouncil.
Many thanks to our friends
I want to take a moment to say thanks to all of our loyal readers here at niacINsight. It’s incredibly encouraging for us to see that you care about our work, so thank you. And a special note of thanks to our good friends Laura Rozen and Paul Kerr, who both run much more successful […]
Disgruntled Iranian Students
“I hate three things,” said an Iranian student leader, “One, I hate Ahmadinejad.”
Do you know your neighbor?
Last night, NIAC held an informal meet and greet where members of the community were welcomed to come by to meet NIAC staff and ask questions and discuss any issues on their mind. Between the hours of 7-9 pm, Iranian-American Denver residents dropped in at their own convenience to say hello and talk politics. During […]
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY
From all of us here at NIAC, happy Independence Day!
Day 1 with NIAC
One of the great aspects of America is that we have many different cultures and identities living together in relative harmony. As a democracy, the American political institution functions best when citizens participate. The Iranian-American community may be small, but as an important minority it is our duty as US citizens to engage in American […]
Move forward, not back
Being an Iranian, raised in Sweden and now living in the United States, I have had the pleasure to experience the Iranian community in these two countries as well as many others. What I have discovered is a common similarity among all Iranian regardless of where we live. Even though there are of course many […]
First Day at NIAC
It is my first day interning at NIAC and I am very excited to be here. I am from Scotland and attend St Andrews University but I have been in America since last August on my junior year abroad. Studying in the U.S. has been a fantastic experience and one that has opened many doors […]