The National Iranian American Council commissioned YouGov to conduct a comprehensive poll of the Iranian-American community, which was completed by 585 individuals between May 10, 2025 and June 2, 2025. YouGov then weighted the respondents to a sampling frame that was constructed based on stratified sampling of the 2022 American Community Survey (ACS).
Ahead of the publication of the full report, we are releasing a selection of the survey results in light of the outbreak of hostilities between Israel and Iran as well as speculation that the U.S. could enter the war. All readers should note that the findings reflect opinion BEFORE Israel initiated hostilities with Iran beginning on June 12, 2025.
The margin of error for the findings (adjusted for weights) is +/- 4.79%.
Finding 1: a majority of Iranian Americans oppose U.S. military action against Iran (53%-36%) , with a plurality saying they “strongly oppose” U.S. attacks on Iran (37%).
Question: What is your position regarding possible U.S. military action against Iran?
| Strongly oppose | 37% |
| Somewhat oppose | 16% |
| Somewhat support | 19% |
| Strongly Support | 17% |
| Prefer Not to Answer | 11% |
Finding 2: A strong majority of Iranian Americans supports a new agreement that guards against Iran securing nuclear weapons, 62% – 24%, with a plurality (33%) strongly supporting such an agreement.
Question: Some have suggested that the U.S. and Iran could negotiate a new agreement that guards against Iran securing nuclear weapons. What best describes your views toward a new nuclear agreement between the U.S. and Iran?
| Strongly oppose | 17% |
| Somewhat oppose | 7% |
| Somewhat support | 29% |
| Strongly support | 33% |
| Not Sure | 14% |
Finding 3: A plurality of Iranian Americans, and near majority (49%), believe diplomatic negotiations will be most successful in preventing Iran from securing nuclear weapons. By contrast, just 22% said war or military operations, while 8% cited sanctions. 8% of respondents suggested the U.S. should not pursue this goal.
Question: Which option do you think will be most successful in preventing Iran from securing nuclear weapons?
| Diplomatic negotiations | 49% |
| War or military operations | 22% |
| Sanctions | 8% |
| The U.S. should not pursue this goal | 8% |
| Other | 7% |
| None of the above | 6% |
