29 Organizations Urge Passage of Amendment on Humanitarian Impact of Sanctions in this Year’s NDAA
Washington, DC – 29 organizations called on the Senate today to pass a key amendment, introduced by Representative Chuy Garcia’s (IL-04) and passed by the House, to investigate the effectiveness and humanitarian impact of U.S. sanctions. The amendment has passed the House version of the National Defense Authorization Act for three consecutive years. U.S. foreign […]
NIAC Statement on Lawsuit Targeting Bank of America’s Discrimination
Washington, DC – For years, the National Iranian American Council has tracked reports as Iranian Americans, Iranian nationals, and other minority groups have faced discriminatory bank account closures. One of the biggest culprits of these practices, Bank of America, has refuted discriminatory intent and falsely claimed account suspensions were necessary to comply with U.S. sanction […]
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 […]
Statement on Canada’s Decision to Cancel Soccer Match with Iran
Iran’s government won’t care whether or not Team Melli is able to play in Canada, but the ordinary people of Iran certainly do. Citizen diplomacy, like sports exchanges, are crucial to countering the dehumanization of Iranians
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. […]
Diaspora communities, humanitarian and human rights organizations call on Biden to reform sanctions policies
Washington, DC – Today, 24 organizations representing American diaspora communities impacted by U.S. sanctions, as well as humanitarian relief, human rights, and pro-peace organizations, called on the Biden administration to reassess U.S. sanctions and economic policies that carry a heavy human cost, worsened by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The letter states, “Whether country-wide sanctions or […]
Statement on Freedom for U.K.-Iranian Nationals Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Ashoori
The National Iranian American Council released the following statement on reports that UK Iranian dual nationals Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori were freed from Iran: “We are grateful that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori are freed after their long and unjust imprisonments, and that Morad Tahbaz has been released from prison to furlough. It is […]
20 Organizations Back Biden Restoration of Iran Nuclear Deal
Washington, DC – Today, more than twenty organizations released a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan expressing support for the Biden administration’s vital efforts to restore the JCPOA. The signatories – representing veterans groups, nonproliferation experts, Iranian American and Jewish American community organizations – recognize the vital importance […]
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.
نامه ۴۷ سازمان مردم‌نهاد به دولت بایدن برای کمک به مردم ایران
Click here to read this in English. نایاک به همراه چهل و شش سازمان غیردولتی و مردم‌نهاد به نمایندگی از میلیون‌ها شهروند آمریکایی در نامه‌ای به رییس‌جمهور جو بایدن خواستار کمک بشردوستانه آمریکا به مردم ایران شدند امضاکنندگان این نامه اقدامات بشردوستانه‌ای را که دولت بایدن می‌تواند برای کم کردن بار سنگین همه‌گیری کرونا بر […]
NIAC Statement on IAEA-Iran Joint Statement
Ryan Costello, Policy Director with the National Iranian American Council, issued the following statement after the Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Mohammad Eslami, and the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, announced an agreement that will allow the IAEA to service equipment at Iran’s nuclear facilities […]
NIAC Statement on Outcome of Iran’s Presidential Elections
The ascension of Raisi to the presidency will be widely viewed as a victory for hardliners in Iran and the U.S. who seek confrontation over conciliation between the U.S. and Iran. The authorities of the Islamic Republic will have to grapple with the fact that so few Iranians felt compelled to vote due to anti-democratic machinations and to the efforts to silence and delegitimize voices that fall outside of the exceedingly narrow spectrum of what is deemed acceptable political debate.