NIAC Calls for Congressional Investigation Following Trump’s Threats of Potential War Crimes
Washington, DC – Jamal Abdi, President of the National Iranian American Council, issued the following statement regarding U.S. and Israel attacks on Iranian civilian infrastructure and statements by President Trump threatening to attack Iran’s electricity grid and desalination plants: “The U.S.-Israel war on Iran increasingly appears aimed not at defeating a military adversary but instead […]
Press Conference Media Advisory: End Democratic Complicity: Force the Vote, Stop the War
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Etan Mabourakh – Organizing Manager, NIAC Action [email protected] | End Democratic Complicity: Force the Vote, Stop the War Press Conference on Democratic Leadership’s Failure to Force a Vote on the Iran War Powers Resolution WHAT: Despite having an historic opportunity to pass the Iran War Powers Resolution, House Democratic leadership refused to […]
Latest Poll: 66.1% of Iranian Americans Now Oppose Trump’s War on Iran
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Latest Poll: 66.1% of Iranian Americans Now Oppose Trump’s War on Iran New Data Reveals Major Shift In Iranian American Community Opinion On War WASHINGTON D.C. – The latest poll of Iranian Americans conducted by Zogby Analytics and released today by the National Iranian American Council (NIAC) finds that a strong majority of Iranian […]
NIAC Action Volunteers Amplify Anti-War Message at No Kings Protests Nationwide
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Washington D.C. – NIAC President Jamal Abdi released the following statement on the day of nationwide “No Kings” protests around the country amid Trump’s illegal war on Iran: “Today, millions of Americans once again unite for a vision of a future free of tyranny. Iranian Americans around the country joined and helped lead these […]
NIAC Urges Democratic Leadership to Force War Powers Vote Before Iran Ground Invasion
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Washington, DC – National Iranian American Council (NIAC) Action is deeply concerned that the House of Representatives is poised to leave for a two-week recess without passing an Iran War Powers Resolution, as the risk of U.S. escalation grows. NIAC Action strongly urges House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) to bring the […]
NIAC Statement: Trump’s Mixed Signals Undermine Diplomacy
Washington, DC – NIAC President Jamal Abdi released the following statement in response to President Trump’s claims that he suspended plans to strike Iran’s power plants amid supposed progress in negotiations to reopen the Strait of Hormuz: “We are hopeful that there is real opportunity for diplomacy to end the war. We hope the president […]
NIAC Statement: Trump Ultimatum to Strike Iran’s Power Plants Risks Mass Civilian Harm and Potential War Crimes
Washington D.C. – Jamal Abdi, President of the National Iranian American Council, issued the following statement in response to threats by Donald J. Trump to strike Iran’s power plants within 24 hours if demands around the Strait of Hormuz are not met: “Let’s be absolutely clear: threatening to bomb Iran’s power plants is a threat […]
NIAC Statement: Senator Booker’s War Powers Resolution Has Failed as Death Tolls Mount
Washington, DC – Ryan Costello, Policy Director with the National Iranian American Council, issued the following statement after Sen. Booker’s war powers resolution directing President Trump to remove U.S. forces from hostilities against Iran failed, 47 – 53, matching the tally for the Kaine-Paul resolution two weeks ago. “Two more weeks of war have provided […]
NIAC Statement: House War Powers Resolution Voted Down
Washington D.C. – Jamal Abdi, President of the National Iranian American Council, issued the following statement after a slim majority of the House of Representatives voted down the Massie-Khanna war powers resolution on Iran (H.Con.Res. 38) by a vote of 212 – 219. “This outcome is a betrayal of the vast majority of American voters […]
The U.S. and Israel’s Dangerous Plan to Collapse Iran and Induce a Civil War Through CIA-Armed Kurdish Separatist Fighters
As many in our community have long feared, the war is beginning to move toward an even more dangerous phase: outside powers attempting to exploit ethnic fault lines inside Iran, collapse the country and accelerate an already deadly conflict beyond Iranian borders. New reporting indicates that Israeli officials are pushing the Trump administration to mobilize […]
NIAC Statement: The War Iranian Americans Warned Against Is Here – and It’s Unfolding Exactly as They Feared
WASHINGTON D.C. – For decades, anti-war Iranian Americans have warned that military strikes on Iran would accelerate civilian suffering, empower repression, destabilize the region, and draw the United States into a war without end in sight. Three days into Operation Epic Fury, each of those consequences is now unfolding. The civilian death toll has risen […]
NIAC Statement on Strikes Targeting Hospitals and Schools in Iran
Washington D.C. – The National Iranian American Council (NIAC) has released the following statement following confirmed reports that the U.S. and Israel have bombed hospitals and schools in Iran: “Grave war crimes against the Iranian people have already been committed in two days of war, including strikes on hospitals and schools that have killed children. […]