Spotlighting Iranian Cinema as We Prepare for the Travel Ban’s Comeback
See the film we just screened, find answers to questions and resources, and organize in your community opposing the return of the Muslim Travel Ban
Call your lawmakers to protest Netanyahu’s Speech to Congress
Call your representatives in Congress to demand they protest Bibi Netanyahu’s address on July 24
Netanyahu is Coming to Washington to Sell War with Iran
We cannot stay silent as Congress welcomes a war criminal intent on continuing chaos.The United States Congress SHOULD NOT be honoring a leader responsible for creating the worst humanitarian disaster in modern history, providing yet another platform to influence the American political process to a man who has been working to coax the U.S. into war with Iran for decades.
Senate Rejects Accountability for Israel, but the Sanders Resolution is Only the Beginning
This outcome is very disappointing, even if it is not unexpected given the intense pressure on lawmakers from the White House and many Israel-aligned groups. But it offers a glimmer of hope — no vote demanding accountability for the U.S. provision of weapons to Israel like this has ever been held before.
Call your Senators to thank (or not thank) for how they voted on S.Res. 504
Urge your U.S. Senators to co-sponsor and vote for Sen. Bernie Sanders’ resolution to investigate Israel’s indiscriminate bombing and siege of Gaza. The bill requires a report on Israel’s human rights practices under Section 502B of the Foreign Assistance Act.
Sign up to volunteer with us for ceasefire now!
Our staff and grassroots leaders have been meeting with lawmakers, and we want to invite everyone eager to work for peace to join the on-the-ground advocacy underway with NIAC local chapters and with allied pro-peace organizations in your community. Sign up to volunteer with us for ceasefire now!
Call your lawmakers to demand a cease-fire
Call your representatives in Congress to demand a ceasefire and a stop of escalation toward all out regional war:
NIAC applauds freedom for five Iranian-Americans
Washington, DC – the National Iranian American Council issued the following statement upon news that the U.S. and Iran had finalized a prisoner swap freeing five Iranian-American dual nationals: “Today is a day to be thankful that five Iranian-American families have been made whole again following horrific ordeals. Our thoughts are with the Namazi, Shargi […]
نایاک با پیشنهاد تصویب قانونی برای ممنوعیت سفر به ایران مخالفت می‌کند
جمال عبدی، مدیر شورای ملی ایرانیان آمریکا (نایاک) در واکنش به پیشنهاد الیوت آبرامز، نماینده ویژه دولت آمریکا در امور ایران در زمان دولت ترامپ و رابرت منندز، رئیس کمیته روابط خارجی سنا (دموکرات از ایالت نیوجرسی) درباره ممنوعیت سفر از آمریکا به ایران، بیانیه زیر را صادر کرد:
NIAC Opposes Proposals to Ban U.S. Travel to Iran
NIAC President Jamal Abdi issued the following statement in response to proposals from former Donald Trump Iran Envoy Elliot Abrams and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez (D-NJ) to ban U.S. travel to Iran:
Call your Representative to demand they not ban Iranian Americans from seeing their loved ones
No government, whether Iranian or American, should threaten the Iranian-American community with jail time to prevent us from being able to see our loved ones. We must stop these attempts to restrict Iranian American rights before it’s too late. Here is a step-by-step guide to call your representative’s office to express your opposition to his proposal to ban travel to Iran.
Call your Senators to urge them to vote NO on the Rounds amendment.
Take Action and Call your Senators to urge them to vote NO on the Rounds amendment.would ban Iranians – along with Chinese, Russians and North Koreans – from purchasing certain agricultural property or private real estate used in agriculture.This would not just impose government-sanctioned restrictions on land purchases in the U.S. based on nationality, it risks encouraging racial and ethnic profiling against communities like ours and opens the gates to further government restrictions based on nationality or ethnic heritage.