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Ahmadinejad cancels UN press conference, as families of detained Americans seek meeting

May 5th, 2010

The United Nations public affairs office informs the press that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has cancelled a press conference scheduled for 3pm today.



Did NIAC defraud the Congressional funds?

May 3rd, 2010

Examination of NIAC’s internal documents released during a defamation lawsuit suggests that this organization has violated the rules governing Congressional funds.
Following a defamation lawsuit brought in 2008 some of the internal documents related to these projects have become available. Examination of official documents and NIAC’s internal memos, including email correspondence and…



Iran sanctions conference highlights growing impatience on Capitol Hill

Apr 30th, 2010

Most members just chose to make speeches warning of the dire threat posed by Iran’s nuclear program or criticizing the U.N. Security Council for failing to move fast enough on its own parallel effort to impose new sanctions on the regime of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who is apparently being granted a visa to come to New York for the NPT meeting.



Setting the trap on Iran

Apr 23rd, 2010

The Obama administration’s strategy as it devises sanctions for Iran is to build a sticky trap — so that the harder the Iranians try to wriggle out of the sanctions, the more tightly they will be caught in the snare.



Who Is Obstructing the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act?

Apr 22nd, 2010

Iran is the number-one terror-sponsoring nation in the world; it has been killing Americans for years.The country is led to by mad mullahs who see nuclear weapons as a ticket to paradise. Why would one key congressman spend the last year and a half trying to derail plans to stop Iran’s nuclear program?



Reid promises swift action on Iran sanctions as conference begins

Apr 22nd, 2010

The House finally appointed conferees to meld the two already passed versions of the Iran sanctions bill and Congress is not waiting for the Obama administration to finish up with the UN track.



Campaign for new American policy on Iran (CNAPI)

Apr 21st, 2010

Some of the documents obtained during the discovery process in the defamation lawsuit by NIAC against Hassan Daioleslam



Congress to Obama: Back to work on Iran sanctions

Apr 16th, 2010

The Senate has already appointed conferees for the Iran sanctions bill, but the House has not. People on the Senate side continue to believe that House Foreign Affairs Chairman Howard Berman, D-CA, is holding up on appointing conferees to stall the conference as a favor to the administration, but Berman’s office denies that.



EDITORIAL: Voice of the mullahs

Apr 14th, 2010

The Voice of America is becoming the Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Recent programming choices have revealed a creeping bias toward opponents of the pro-democracy movement and de facto supporters of the regime.



Iranian regime’s lobby in the U.S. – Grand Bargain

Apr 7th, 2010