NIAC Applauds Senators Kaine and Murphy for Letter Urging President Biden to Rejoin the JCPOA
“With important progress toward a synchronized return last week in Vienna, this important letter comes at a perfect time to show President Biden he has support from Congress to reseal the deal, and take other critical steps like supporting humanitarian trade with Iran. Many Members of Congress – including a clear majority of the Democratic caucus in the House and Senate – recognize that Trump’s maximum pressure policy was a resounding failure that brought us to the brink of war and pushed Iran to expand its nuclear program rather than curbing it as the JCPOA successfully accomplished.
NIAC Sends Letter to Venmo and PayPal After Discriminatory Account Freezes
We write to outline our concern that Venmo and its parent company Paypal, Inc. have engaged in actions toward account holders with Iranian heritage that many in our community perceive as discrimination against their national origin or heritage. This includes freezing transactions and accounts for simple transactions involving keywords like “Iranian” or “Persian.” Additionally, we have received increasing reports that Venmo has been messaging Iranian Americans asking them to verify their identity, including by requesting copies of a government-issued ID. For those who fail to provide the information, their accounts are closed.
Middle East Roundup: Israel and Iran Attack Each Other’s Ships & Grandstanding Between US-Iran Continues
This week, reports suggested that Israel has been attacking Iranian ships since 2019. And, U.S. and Iranian officials continue to trade escalating barbs over the JCPOA and questions remain over frozen Iranian funds in South Korean banks. Please see our breakdown below:
Join us on March 26th to discuss tech freedom and Iran
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. does not help silence Iranian voices. The panel will feature special remarks from Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) and a panel discussion with Mahsa Alimardani from ARTICLE19, Peter Micek of Access Now, Mike Linksvayer from GitHub, and Amir Rashidi from the Miaan Group, moderated by Mana Mostatabi of NIAC.
Memo: Getting Back into the JCPOA – Dismantling the “Sanctions Wall” Myth
Washington, D.C. – A mutual compliance-for-compliance return to the JCPOA is now the official position of the new Biden administration and has slowly become the consensus position among its allies in Congress. However, proponents of the Trump administration’s ‘maximum pressure’ campaign hope that a barrier stands in the way of a clean return to the deal: a “sanctions wall” that the architects of Trump’s Iran policy created explicitly to stymie a JCPOA return. But on closer examination, their efforts created less a “wall,” but more a transparent edifice built on political calculations.
هدف ایران از تامین واکسن داخلی
Click here to read this in English (published in Newsweek on 1/13/21). Written by Sina Toossi اخیراً ضیا نبوی، روزنامه‌نگار و زندانی سیاسی سابق خطاب به آیت‌الله علی خامنه‌ای رهبر ایران گفته بود «ما نه مقلد شماییم نه رعیتتان! به هر واکسنی هم که اعتماد ندارید، خودتان استفاده نکنید.» انتقاد جسورانه نبوی از قدرتمندترین مقام ایرانی […]
FAQ: Why the U.S. Must Return to the Deal
If the last four years have been a case for anything, it is how not to conduct U.S. policy towards Iran. Since the Trump administration withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or the Iran nuclear deal:
NIAC Applauds Biden for Plan to Review Impact of U.S. Sanctions on International COVID Response
Washington D.C. – Ryan Costello, Policy Director with the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), issued the following statement on the Biden administration’s announcement of a review to ensure that existing U.S. sanctions do not unduly hinder responses to the COVID-19 pandemic:
نامه کارشناسان به جو بایدن در مورد بازگشت به توافق هسته‌ای
ما کارشناسان مسائل ایران، روابط بین‌الملل و منع اشاعه سلاح‌های اتمی، بدین وسیله حمایت کامل خود را از تعهد دولت آقای بایدن به کنار گذاشتن سیاست شکست‌خورده دولت ترامپ در قبال ایران و کارزار فشار حداکثری علیه این کشور، و بازگرداندن امریکا به مسیر دیپلماسی و پایبندی کامل به برنامه جامع اقدام مشترک (برجام) یا همان توافق هسته‌ای با ایران اعلام می‌داریم
NIAC Statement on New Sanctions that Double-Down on Failed Approach
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, November 18, 2020 CONTACT: Mana Mostatabi | 202.386.6325 x103 | [email protected] Washington, DC – NIAC Policy Director Ryan Costello issued the following statement on the Trump administration’s announcement of new sanctions on Iranian entities: “The Trump administration appears dead set on locking the U.S. into its catastrophic Iran approach that has […]
NIAC Endorses Bi-Cameral Congressional Letter On General License for Humanitarian Aid to Sanctioned Countries
Washington, D.C. – Today, 75 Representatives and Senators, led by Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia (D-IL) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), sent a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin calling on him to issue a temporary general license making it easier for U.S. sanctioned countries to import medicine and humanitarian goods Given the positive impact […]
FAQ: Why the U.S. Must Return to the JCPOA
If the last four years have been a case for anything, it is how not to conduct U.S. policy towards Iran. Below, we answer why President-elect Biden’s proposal to return to compliance with the JCPOA if Iran is willing to do the same is the only sound option for the U.S.