Insights & Analysis

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...

Iranian Americans Assail Biden Administration's Failed Iran Policy

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 ...

Harmony of Unrest: Fereydoun to Shervin

If Fereydoon Farrokhzad was alive today, chances are the soulful Shervin Hajipour would have appeared on his TV variety show. He would have debuted his original song and received wide acclaim. Hajipour likely would have emerged as the newest sensation in Iranian music. Sadly, on what would have...

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 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 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 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...

Biden's Sanction Relief Will Fund Iranian Terror Plots, Former US Official Says

University of Denver Professor Blames Israel for Rushdie Attack

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...

Iran Uncensored: The Rushdie Attack

On August 12th, Salman Rushdie was violently attacked in western New York, where he was set to deliver a presentation on the United States as a safe haven for exiled writers. NUFDI quickly prepared to serve as a resource for the American and international press on this attack and the implications...