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Fairfaxtimes.com
November 29, 2017
The National Iranian American Council (NIAC), a nonprofit dedicated to supporting Iranian Americans and spreading greater understanding between American and Iranian people, offered its condolences to Ghaisar's family and friends after his identity as the shooting victim was made public. “Based on ...
NPR
November 23, 2017
"People could be reluctant to self-identify because of fears of government retaliation or fears that the data collected would be used for nefarious purposes," says Shayan Modarres, an attorney for the National Iranian American Council. "I think we leave it up to individuals in the community to decide what's ...
Washington Examiner
November 20, 2017
No more than a couple of days following the earthquake, Trita Parsi, the president of National Iranian American Council (NIAC), a well-known lobby for the Iranian regime, took to the media to claim U.S. sanctions are hindering donations and humanitarian aid from reaching the affected people. "President ...
Iranian
November 17, 2017
Sanders Calls For Sanctions Relief To Assist Iran Earthquake Recovery. by National Iranian American Council (NIAC)6 days ago. Thank you, Bernie! On behalf of the National Iranian American Council and the Iranian-American community, we express our deepest gratitude to Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT).
PolitiFact
November 16, 2017
Reza Marashi, research director at the National Iranian American Council, notes that Iranian money and resources are involved in battles across the region. In fact, the U.S. State Department has listed Iran as the top state sponsor of terrorism for many years. Iran, PBS reports, has backed "anti-Israel groups ...
ABC News
November 16, 2017
Without that, banks and other organizations will remain fearful of running afoul of U.S. laws, which "tend to be fuzzy, and the fines ... seem to be astronomical," said Trita Parsi, the founder and president of the National Iranian American Council. A bank once told "us the best way to send money to Iran is to fill ...
Newsweek
November 15, 2017
The National Iranian American Council (NIAC) provided guidelines on how U.S. citizens can help the earthquake relief effort. “U.S. persons would not be permitted to send funds directly to non-U.S. charitable organizations specifically intending those funds to be used for relief efforts in Iran,” it said.
Aljazeera.com
November 14, 2017
Trita Parsi, president and founder of the National Iranian American Council, a US-based nonprofit that advocates for Iranian-Americans, told Al Jazeera that while sectarian lines have been drawn, the current crisis is more about power than religion. Parsi pointed to the Saudi-led blockade against Qatar, ...
Between The Lines
October 18, 2017
Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Jamal Abdi, policy director with the National Iranian American Council, who assesses the fallout ...
HuffPost
October 18, 2017
... 3.0 will remain blocked for the duration of the lawsuit filed by the National Iranian American Council, Muslim Advocates, Americans United for ...
Phoenix New Times
October 17, 2017
Scotten, the president of Arizona's chapter of the National Iranian American Council, was trying to convince people to register to vote.
EFF
October 13, 2017
This week, we joined with the National Iranian American Council and others in a letter to the United States' Departments of State and Treasury ...
Common Dreams
October 13, 2017
“Trump's speech was a national disgrace. This isn't an effort to stiff a contractor over a real estate project, it's a matter of war and peace. Donald ...
Common Dreams
October 11, 2017
WASHINGTON - Trita Parsi, President of the National Iranian American Council and author of Losing an Enemy: Obama, Iran and the Triumph ...
Common Dreams
October 8, 2017
"If one seeks war, Trump's decision makes sense," argued Trita Parsi, president of the National Iranian American Council. "Failure will lead to ...
Mintpress News (blog)
October 4, 2017
Muslim Advocates, the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and the Brennan ...
The Hill
October 3, 2017
The groups also partnered with the National Iranian-American Council. “Over the past year, our members have been subject to discrimination in ...
HuffPost
October 3, 2017
Just hours ago, the National Iranian American Council and our partners (Muslim Advocates, IAAB and Americans United for Separation ofÃÂ ...
Salon
October 2, 2017
Moreover, the National Iranian American Council issued a statement about the third ban, saying, "Casting a wider net only validates . . . that theÃÂ ...
Los Angeles Times
September 25, 2017
The National Iranian American Council decried the ban and said the administration “has now taken steps to make its Muslim ban … permanent.
Common Dreams
September 25, 2017
“As many have warned, the Trump administration has now taken steps to make its Muslim ban targeting Iranians and other nationals permanentÃÂ ...
Aljazeera.com
September 14, 2017
... second nuclear crisis and a disastrous war," said Trita Parsi, president of the National Iranian American Council and a vocal supporter of theÃÂ ...
Herald Palladium
December 31, 1999
U.S. Navy veteran Mohammed Jahanfar poses for a photo during an interview on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017, in Long Beach, Calif. JahanfarÃÂ ...
Cronkite News
December 31, 1999
A sign announces the National Iranian American Council voter registration event. (Photo by Fortesa Latifi/Cronkite News). Packets offer moreÃÂ ...
PBS NewsHour
December 31, 1999
Trita Parsi, president of the National Iranian American Council, said the ban seems aimed at punishing mainly Muslim countries. “This processÃÂ ...
Fort Worth Star Telegram
December 31, 1999
Trita Parsi, president of the National Iranian American Council, said the ban seems aimed at punishing mainly Muslim countries. "This processÃÂ ...
The Media Express
March 25, 2017
Iranian regime's lobby in the U.S., The National Iranian American Council (NIAC) issued a statement that indicated legislative efforts by the U.S.
NCR-Iran.org
March 23, 2017
In fact, groups such as the National Iranian American Council have constantly used the specter of war as a response to sanctioning the IRGC.
Conservative Review
March 23, 2017
That article mentioned Nowrouzzadeh's ties to the National Iranian-American Council (NIAC), a group whose ties to Iran's government "over 100 Iranian dissidents called for Congress to investigate.
New York Times
March 23, 2017
"Empty words disgrace the one who speaks them, like serving a walnut shell without the nut," said the National Iranian American Council, quoting a 13th-century Persian poet, Saadi. During the Obama administration, the White House videotaped NowruzÃÂ ...
Politico
March 22, 2017
Nowrouzzadeh, an American-born U.S. citizen of Iranian descent who joined the government in 2005 during the Bush administration, also has been criticized for once working for the National Iranian American Council, an activist group that some on the ...
National Iranian American Council
March 22, 2017
The National Iranian American Council is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening the voice of Iranian Americans and promoting greater understanding between the American and Iranian people.
Mic
March 21, 2017
Fresh off the heels of the Trump administration's revised attempt to ban Muslims from entering the United States, the Department of Homeland Security announced a new strategy on their never-ending quest to protect the country from potential terrorists.
National Iranian American Council
March 21, 2017
The National Iranian American Council is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening the voice of Iranian Americans and promoting greater understanding between the American and Iranian people.
Haaretz
March 20, 2017
Businessman Haim Saban arrives before the start of the third U.S. presidential debate at the Thomas & Mack Center on October 19, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Conservative Review
March 20, 2017
As an Obama official, Eyre twice keynoted the annual conference of the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), a group that many Iranian dissidents and freedom fighters consider to be a front for the regime in Tehran.
Conservative Review
March 16, 2017
Last year, the State Department official spoke at an annual confab hosted by the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), a group that many Iranian dissidents consider to be a front group for Tehran.
Huffington Post
March 16, 2017
... Council's Iran Insight blog, The Diplomat, and Newsweek. He regularly contributes to the London School of Economics Middle East Centre and South Asia Centre blogs.
National Iranian American Council
March 16, 2017
"To me, American policy in the Middle East is a broken record and the record is entitled military escalation," said Senator Chris Murphy at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Yemen late last week.
National Iranian American Council
March 16, 2017
You've seen the news of Trump's latest Muslim ban and many of you have felt the effects of these actions. What started with the discriminatory Visa Waiver bill H.R.
Haaretz
March 16, 2017
She was responsible for the money that was supposed to go to Iranian dissidents and she gave it to NIAC (National Iranian American Council), which is one of the worst of the worst groups. The Deputy NSA is not a minor position. What's the point of ...
Tablet Magazine
March 16, 2017
Maybe that's because McGurk's name is on them, or maybe it's because former National Iranian American Council staffer Sahar Nowrouzzadeh, Obama's NSC director for Iran, is now on the policy-planning staff in Trump's State Department.
National Iranian American Council
March 15, 2017
"The court's decision to issue a temporary restraining order barring the latest executive order imposing a Muslim ban is another triumph for American values over discrimination.
National Iranian American Council
March 15, 2017
"Some refer to it as the Muslim ban, some argue that it does not affect all Muslims so it is not a Muslim ban, that is up for debate.
Conservative Review
March 14, 2017
To make matters worse, Nowrouzzadeh is a former employee of the National Iranian-American Council (NIAC), a non-profit that is accused of being a lobbying group for the Iranian regime.
NPR
March 11, 2017
And that's the complicated part, according to Jamal Abdi, the policy director of the National Iranian American Council, one of the nonpartisan groups that previously pushed for the MENA category.
WLRN
March 11, 2017
And that's the complicated part, according to Jamal Abdi, the policy director of the National Iranian American Council, one of the nonpartisan groups that previously pushed for the MENA category.
Tablet Magazine
March 10, 2017
But these logical leaps represent the least of NIAC's current issues, as the organization is now facing increasingly visible opposition from the constituency it claims to represent.
The Guardian
March 9, 2017
Jamal Abdi, policy director at the National Iranian American Council, said there has been a spike in hate crimes against people believed to be Muslim or Middle Eastern.
gulfnews.com
March 8, 2017
... the very close ties between Israel and Iran, discussed by Trita Parsi in his Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran and the United States, are forgotten, though Parsi, the founder and current president of the National Iranian ...
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