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Jamal Abdi

Jamal joined NIAC in 2009 as Policy Director and now serves as President as well as the Executive Director of NIAC Action.

Politics, Science and Tech,

Want to Support Iranians? Stop Sanctioning Iran’s Internet

by Jamal AbdiNovember 18, 2019

As Iran erupted with protests this past weekend, the Iranian government responded with a violent clamp down against demonstrators and the severing of nearly all...

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Human Rights, Politics,

Iranian Americans Increasingly at the Center of Systematic Discrimination Across the U.S.

by Jamal AbdiNovember 15, 2019

Today we learned that the federal officers who inexplicably gunned down a young Iranian-American man at point blank range will not be held accountable. Bijan...

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News,

History Is Made: Parisa Dehghani-Tafti Wins Virginia’s General Election

by Jamal AbdiNovember 6, 2019

I am so pleased to announce NIAC Action endorsee, Parisa Dehghani-Tafti, won the general election last night to become Virginia’s new Commonwealth Attorney of Arlington County...

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Human Rights,

A Victory For Iranian Women And A Model For Change

by Jamal AbdiOctober 27, 2019

Co-authored by Jamal Abdi and Assal Rad [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he battle to allow Iranian women to attend soccer games at stadiums has been waged by women’s rights...

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Politics,

An Attack On Pro-Peace Iranian Americans And Civil Society

by Jamal AbdiMay 26, 2019

This Memorial Day weekend, the forces working towards war with Iran launched a propaganda attack against NIAC, our allies, Iranian-American analysts, and even Iranian-American political candidates...

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Politics,

Letter To Trump Administration On Sanctions Snapback

by Jamal AbdiNovember 1, 2018

Secretaries Pompeo and Mnuchin, The re-imposition of U.S. secondary economic sanctions against Iran as part of the administration’s “maximum pressure” campaign has raised deep concerns...

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Politics,

Elections Matter. This Is How Iranian Americans Can Maximize Their Impact

by Jamal AbdiSeptember 20, 2018

Ever since Election Day 2016, there has been a prevailing feeling that has haunted many Americans, but particularly minority communities like Iranian Americans: a sense...

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Politics,

Dear Congressman, Iranian Americans Aren’t Giving Up Our Seat At The Table

by Jamal AbdiDecember 14, 2017

“Mr. speaker, this week I received a memo from the National Iranian American Council urging Members to oppose my bill. This is the same council...

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Politics,

Open Letter To Sen. David Perdue Re: Visa Lottery

by Jamal AbdiNovember 6, 2017

Dear Senator David Perdue, I am writing on behalf of NIAC Action, the nation’s largest grassroots Iranian-American organization, to express our profound disappointment and concern...

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Politics,

Honor The Existing Iran Deal To Restore Badly Tarnished U.S. Credibility

by Jamal AbdiSeptember 15, 2017

The think tanks, advocacy groups, and major funders who spent tens of millions of dollars to stop Obama from securing the nuclear agreement between Iran...

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