NIAC Sends Letter to State Department on the Travel Ban and Warnings Against Travel to Iran
On July 15, 2025, NIAC sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio addressing the contradiction between the administration’s warnings against travel to Iran and its restrictive visa policies, particularly the June 2025 travel ban on Iranian nationals. NIAC emphasizes that while it supports educating the community on the risks of travel to Iran, […]
FAQ: Immigrant Defense and Knowing Our Rights as Iranian Americans
برای خواندن این مطلب به فارسی اینجا را کلیک کنید In the wake of a disturbing spike in racially motivated immigration arrests, deportations, and other Trump efforts to attack the immigration rights of Iranian Americans living in the U.S., we have created this FAQ for Iranian Americans focused on knowing your rights at home in […]
FAQ: President Trump’s 2025 Travel Ban
<< Visit the NIAC Travel Ban Center On June 4, 2025, President Trump issued a Presidential Proclamation suspending entry into the United States for nationals of twelve countries – Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. Nationals of seven more countries will be subject to […]
NIAC Statement on Trump’s Reimposition of the Travel Ban
Washington, DC – NIAC President Jamal Abdi issued the following statement on President Trump’s decision to reimpose his travel ban next Monday on June 9, 2025: “Trump’s first bans impacted more than a hundred thousand Iranians, and visa processing has never fully recovered. The impact of the ban will once again be felt by Americans […]
The Deeply Concerning Arrest of Alireza Doroudi, a Doctoral Student
Was Doroudi’s arrest a mistake, or a case of mistaken identity? Was the arrest related to visa complications or violations of U.S. law? Right now, there’s no clear word. Yet a young man from the Iranian community here in the United States has had his future upended without any basic respect for the due process that everyone in our democracy is owed.
NIAC Statement on the Arrest of Iranian Student Alireza Doroudi
Washington, DC – The National Iranian American Council released the following statement regarding reports that Alireza Doroudi, a doctoral student from Iran studying at the University of Alabama, had been detained by ICE: “We are deeply disturbed by the arrest of Alireza Doroudi, a doctoral student at the University of Alabama, by ICE agents. At […]
Upcoming Briefing: What Will Trump’s New Travel Ban Do?
Social Media Advisory Ahead of Travel Ban and Amid Escalating Legal Threats
Given recent incidents and the likely reimposition of the travel ban, the National Iranian American Council (NIAC) is issuing an advisory recommending that foreign nationals in the United States who have been active politically consider taking extra precautions given escalating legal threats being pursued by the current U.S. administration. These legal threats violate fundamental Constitutional […]
NIAC Sends Letter to State Department and DHS Outlining Concerns on Impending Travel Ban
On February 26, 2025, NIAC sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem outlining the organization’s concerns with the impending reimposition of a travel ban as directed by President Trump’s Executive Order 14161 signed on January 20, 2025. The letter underscores the problematic nature of broad-based, blanket […]
Senate Committee on Banking Introduces Whistleblower Resource
For years, NIAC has tracked reports of Iranians and Iranian Americans who have faced discrimination by U.S. banks solely on the basis of their national heritage and has simultaneously worked to protect and push back against such discrimination. Concerningly, Bank of America itself revealed in a recent lawsuit that it restricted the accounts of more […]
U.S. Policy Challenges for Iranian Students
برای خواندن این مطلب به فارسی اینجا را کلیک کنید Overview of Policies and Impact Student visa restrictions Field of study – Federal law prohibits issuance of student visas for Iranian students seeking to study in a field that would prepare them “for a career in the energy sector of Iran or in nuclear science or […]
NIAC Strongly Opposes Restoration of Trump Travel Ban
Washington, D.C. – National Iranian American Council (NIAC) strongly opposes the issuance of Executive Order “Protecting the United States from foreign terrorists and other National security and public safety threats.” The order would begin a process to reinstate the travel ban, directing federal agencies to begin determining which nationalities will face partial or total visa […]
