Panel Recap: Fractured Realities: Democracy in the Age of Foreign Influence, Billionaire Donors, and Disinformation
Fractured Realities: Democracy in the Age of Foreign Influence, Billionaire Donors, and Disinformation “There’s two systems of justice in the U.S. when it comes to foreign influence – there’s one for America’s friends, there’s another for its enemies,” said Ben Freeman, Director of the Democratizing Foreign Policy program at the Quincy Institute. “And America’s friends […]
NIAC Letter to the Seattle City Council
Washington, DC – Jamal Abdi, President of the National Iranian American Council, issued the following letter to the Seattle City Council. [pdf-embedder url=”https://niacouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/NIAC-Letter-to-Seattle-Council.pdf” title=”NIAC Letter to Seattle Council”]
بیانیه نایاک در رابطه با اعدام محسن شکاری
Click here to read this in English. واشنگتن دی‌سی – شورای ملی ایرانیان آمریکا (نایاک) با صدور بیانیه‌ای اعدام محسن شکاری، معترض ۲۳ ساله که پس از کشته شدن مهسا امینی دستگیر شده بود را محکوم کرد. متن بیانیه به شرح ذیل می‌باشد اعدام محسن شکاری پس از یک محاکمه جعلی، ظلمی آشکار و تخلف […]
نایاک کجا ایستاده
Click here to read this in English. در حالی که اولویت نایاک و اکثریت ایرانیان آمریکایی، در لحظه حساس کنونی، جنبش مردم ایران و مبارزه آنها برای آزادی است برخی افراد و گروه‌ها از این شرایط برای منحرف کردن افکار عمومی استفاده می‌کنند و به تسویه حساب‌های سیاسی روی آورده‌اند. به این دلیل ما می‌خواهیم […]
Promoting Global Solidarity & Peace through Art
Iara Lee is filmmaker, activist, and Director of CulturesofResistance.org. In 2008, Iara lived in Iran and supported a number of cultural exchange projects between Iran and the West with the goal of using arts & culture for peaceful democratic change within Iran. Iara was spoke with us about her time in Iran and her insight […]
Texas Rep. Introduces Resolution Supporting Iranian People’s Struggle for Rights
Congresswoman Kay Granger (R-TX) has introduced a resolution expressing continued support for the Iranian people as they stand up for freedom, human rights, and fundamental elements of democracy. The legislation, H.Res. 888, “condemns the brutal suppression of the Iranian people through censorship, imprisonment, and continued acts of violence” and calls on the international community to […]
Ebadi: ‘Iran’s women are not afraid’
In a column published in the UK’s Guardian, human rights attorney and Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi declares unequivocally that Iran’s women are strong in their convictions and unafraid of facing an oppressive government. Excerpts are below but the full column can be read here. Iran today is a country where women are more educated than […]
Iranians have to find their own course
Cross Posted from the Cincinnati Enquirer By R.K. Ramazani, Member of NIAC’s Board of Advisors President Obama should not take sides in the political crisis in Iran. His critics are wrong in faulting him for not siding with the demonstrators and for not standing for the American value of freedom. Freedom, after all, is not […]
Carnegie’s “Junior Fellows” conference looks at new models of government
“[Liberal Democracy] is where the world was, not where it is going.” –Daniel Patrick Moynihan At yesterday’s Junior Fellows Conference at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, one thing was clear: The moment for democracy has passed. Democracy, as a Western, American export has long died in its appeal. According to panelists with expertise from […]