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”]
From the Hill: NIAC Asks if the U.S. and Iran are on a Collision Course
The Trump administration’s sanctions on Iran risk “impoverishing the Iranian middle class, crushing the Iranian civil society and eliminating prospects for peaceful democratic change,” warned Sina Toossi. “It is really creating a destructive situation internally.”
NJ Voter Registration Fiasco
Zary Mojtabai and her sister were both denied their vote in their preferred New Jersey Primary earlier this year. When they showed up at the polling station they were informed that they were tagged as Republicans, even though they had not officially affiliated themselves with either political party. Consequently, they were ineligible to vote in […]
Led by Youth, Future of Iranian-American Participation Grows Brighter
Iranian American participation in civic life is growing, and it is the younger generations that are leading this effort. As some of the other NIAC interns observed last week, Iranian Americans have often distanced themselves from politics in socially vibrant but politically dormant communities. From expert Iranian scholars to average Iranian American citizens, many label […]