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Identity of Man Run Over by Police Car During Ashura

NIAC — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:35:59 +0000

Cross-posted from niacINsight.com.

To the world, he is the man that was brutally run over a police car during Ashura’s protests, but to his family, he is Shahram.

آیا اینبار امکان دارد ملایان در ایران سقوط کنند؟

NIAC — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:57:13 +0000

Cross-posted and translated from The Daily Beast.

تریتا پارسی و روزبه پارسی

NIAC in the News

NIAC — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:35:06 +0000

Washington DC - NIAC is working hardto provide Iranian Americans a strong and respectable voice in America, as wellas to speak forcefully in defense of the Iranian people as they courageouslystand up for their rights. Links to recent media coverage are below:

NIAC Memo: Has Iran Reached a Breaking Point?

NIAC — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:27:00 +0000

As protesters poured into the streets of Iran in the biggest and bloodiest demonstrations since June, Trita and Rouzbeh Parsi say this time could be thebreaking point. Plus, view our gallery of the protests below and watch new video from Iran.

NIAC Testimony at Subcommittee Hearing on Iran Sanctions Options (Persian Translation)

NIAC — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:12:02 +0000

Washington DC - On Tuesday, December 15, the Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs inthe US House held a hea

NIAC Testimony at Subcommittee hearing on Iran Sanctions Options

NIAC — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:51:57 +0000

Washington DC – On Tuesday, December 15, the

Where are their votes this Time?

NIAC — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:12:27 +0000

(x- posted from www.niacINsight.com)

Written by Michelle Moghtader

It is widely believed that millions of Iranian voters had their votes stolen during June’s Presidential election. Now, once again, the Iranian people had their votes taken away when Time Magazine awarded Ben Bernanke the honor of Person of the Year.

Some in Congress Get Smart on Iran

NIAC — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:31:05 +0000

by Patrick Disney

Cross-posted from the Huffington Post.

لابی اسراییل، نومحافظه‌کاران و جامعه ی ایرانیان آمریکا

NIAC — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:43:51 +0000

نویسنده: محمد سهیمی

BBC Persian's Bahman Kalbasi Investigates Attacks on NIAC

NIAC — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:39:36 +0000

BBC Persian's Bahman Kalbasi of the Washington Bureau investigates the source of the attacks on NIAC (Persian).

بیانیۀ شورای ملی ایرانیان آمریکا

NIAC — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:19:54 +0000

امروز، بیانیۀ زیر توسط شورای ملی ایرانیان آمریکا (نایک) در پاسخ به مقالۀ «واشنگتن تایمز» منتشر شد

گروههای مترقی در سياست خارجی هدف حمله قرار گرفته اند

NIAC — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:18:05 +0000

Translation of Huffington Post's NIAC And J Street, Progressive Foreign Policy Groups, Become Political Targets

دو سازمان نسبتأ جديد غيردولتی، که هر کدام دو قطب مخالف طيف مسايل خاورميانه را تحت پوشش خود قرار داده‌اند، در هفته‌ها و ماه‌های اخير هدف حملات مخربی واقع شده‌اند که اعتبار و وجهه آنان را نشانه رفته است.

Takht-e Jamshid in trouble

NIAC — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:13:16 +0000

By Aisan Raisdana
NIAC

At a time of hope, when President Barack Obama has commended our heritage, saying "The Iranian people are a great people, and Persian civilization is a great civilization," a court in Chicago is considering an attack on some of the most powerful symbols of this civilization.

Prevent auction of priceless Persepolis artifacts

NIAC — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:01:45 +0000

At a time of hope when President Barack Obama has commended our heritage, saying "The Iranian people are a great people, and Persian civilization is a great civilization," a court in Chicago is about to confiscate and auction off some of the most powerful symbols of this civilization: priceless artifacts from Takht-e-Jamshid.

Iranian American Bar Association Urges Reversal of Florida Law

NIAC — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:20:52 +0000

(Cross-posted at NIACouncil.org)

Mass Executions at Evin Prison in Iran

NIAC — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:03:26 +0000

(Cross-posted at NIACouncil.org)

Arash Hadjialiloo

Diplomacy must be exhausted (and exhaustive) before bombing

NIAC — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:37:46 +0000

(Cross-posted at niacINsight.com)

Cultural Exchanges Cannot be Ignored, Part 2 of 2

NIAC — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:19:13 +0000

(Cross-posted at niacINsight.com)

Arsalan Barmand

By normalizing relations, the US and Iran can help foster more official cultural exchanges. For now, however, it is difficult for outsiders to get into Iran and for Iranians to get out of Iran, but there have been a considerable number of success stories of unofficial exchanges - some of which I touched on in Part 1, and others which are detailed here, in Part 2.

Cultural Exchanges Cannot be Ignored, Part 1 of 2

NIAC — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:30:19 +0000

(Cross posted at niacINsight.com)

Arsalan Barmand

The following is a two-part series on cultural exchanges. The first part discusses American journalists and tourists in Iran, and the second post will continue on this subject, in part with a discussion of Iranian musicians performing in the US.

Iran: New Cases of Stoning and Arrests

NIAC — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:23:30 +0000

(Original article can be found at niacouncil.org)

Arash Hadjialiloo