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NUFDI 2022 Executive SummaryPress Releases
Dec 26, 2022

NUFDI 2022 Executive Summary

Dear friends of NUFDI, 2022 has been a year of unprecedented growth and success for our organization. The credit goes to our team and, of course, our supporters and donors, without whom our work in W...

NUFDI Calls on FIFA to Protect Players’ and Fans’ Right to ProtestPress Releases
Nov 16, 2022

NUFDI Calls on FIFA to Protect Players’ and Fans’ Right to Protest

Washington, DC — As the Iranian national football team prepares to head to Qatar amid ongoing, nationwide pro-democracy protests in the country NUFDI is calling on FIFA to protect players’ and fans’ r...

Iran Rising Art Exhibit | November 19-20Press Releases
Nov 4, 2022

Iran Rising Art Exhibit | November 19-20

NUFDI is proud to announce Iran Rising, an exhibit of Iranian protest art curated and designed by a team of all-women Iranian-American designers and artists. Free and open to the public on Saturday N...

Pardis Sabeti Joins Advisory CouncilPress Releases
Nov 1, 2022·Pardis Sabeti, M.D., D.Phil.

Pardis Sabeti Joins Advisory Council

Washington, DC — As the Iranian-American community grows increasingly united in support of the Iranian people’s movement for democracy, NUFDI is proud to announce that 2014 “TIME Person of the Year” a...

NUFDI Urges Biden Administration to Recalibrate Iran Policy and Reassess Iran Team Led by Rob MalleyPress Releases
Oct 11, 2022

NUFDI Urges Biden Administration to Recalibrate Iran Policy and Reassess Iran Team Led by Rob Malley

Washington, DC — In light of expanding pro-democracy protests and the growing calls from the Iranian-American community for further action from the Biden administration, NUFDI has called on Secretary ...

NUFDI Calls on Biden to Implement Sanctions on IRIBPress Releases
Oct 4, 2022

NUFDI Calls on Biden to Implement Sanctions on IRIB

Washington, DC — In light of growing anti-regime protests across Iran and the Islamic Republic’s intensifying jamming of international satellite transmissions, NUFDI is calling on the State Department...

Two Dozen Global Media Outlets Cover Raisi LawsuitPress Releases
Sep 22, 2022

Two Dozen Global Media Outlets Cover Raisi Lawsuit

This week NUFDI hosted a press conference in midtown Manhattan announcing a lawsuit against Ebrahim Raisi by his victims accusing him of torture. The press conference was held the day before Raisi’s s...

Iranian Dissidents & Former Hostages Sue Ebrahim Raisi. To Hold NYC Press ConferencePress Releases
Sep 15, 2022

Iranian Dissidents & Former Hostages Sue Ebrahim Raisi. To Hold NYC Press Conference

New York, NY — This week a group of plaintiffs including high-profile Iranian dissidents and former hostages from the West held in Iran are launching a federal civil case in the Southern District of N...

NUFDI to HRC: Be a Voice for LGBTQ+ in IranPress Releases
Sep 8, 2022

NUFDI to HRC: Be a Voice for LGBTQ+ in Iran

Washington – Today NUFDI wrote a letter to the Human Rights Campaign, one of America’s leading LGBTQ advocacy organizations calling on them to be a voice for those sentenced to death for “promoting ho...

Nazenin Ansari Joins Advisory CouncilPress Releases
Aug 24, 2022·Nazenin Ansari

Nazenin Ansari Joins Advisory Council

Washington, DC — NUFDI is honored to announce that celebrated journalist Nazenin Ansari, Managing Editor of Kayhan London and Kayhan Life, is joining the organization’s Advisory Council. She joins oth...

Babak Amini Joins Advisory CouncilPress Releases
Aug 18, 2022·Babak Amini

Babak Amini Joins Advisory Council

Washington, DC — NUFDI is proud to announce that celebrated guitarist and musician Babak Amini is joining the organization’s Advisory Council. He joins other leaders across the Iranian-American commun...

NUFDI to Biden: Act Now to Protect Iranian-AmericansPress Releases
Aug 1, 2022

NUFDI to Biden: Act Now to Protect Iranian-Americans

Washington, DC – This weekend, the news of an assassination attempt on an Iranian-American activist, Masih Alinejad in Brooklyn, New York shocked the Iranian-American community. This comes only month...