What is NIACs position about the human rights situation in Iran?
Per the vote of its membership, NIAC has been a vocal critic of the Iranian government’s human rights abuses for years. While NIAC’s extensive coverage and repeated condemnations of the Iranian government’s brutal crackdown against peaceful demonstrators did garner significant media attention this summer, our work on human rights started much earlier. When NIAC made the decision to seek peaceful solutions to the US-Iran crisis, NIAC also decided to educate lawmakers and the general public on Iran’s human rights abuses. NIAC has issued countless statements condemning the government of Iran or calling on it to respect basic human rights. Additionally, NIAC has held two major conferences on Capitol Hill to focus attention on Iran’s human rights abuses. Our speakers have included representatives from Human Rights Watch, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Amnesty International, and Members of Congress.
