Episodes

Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Mana sits down with Rep Anna Eskamani, Happy Valley Councilor David Emami, and Dr. Nazita Lajevardi to talk Iranian-American civic life, political engagement, barriers to participation, and more!
Representative Anna Eskamani is an Orlando native, the Florida House of Representative from the 47th district in Orange County, and the first ever Iranian American to be elected to the Florida legislature. She tweets @AnnaForFlorida
Happy Valley Councilor David Emami is a life-long Oregonian who in March 2019 became the first ever Iranian-American to serve on a city council in Oregon. He tweets @David Emami.
Dr. Nazita Lajevardi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Michigan State University and her work focuses mainly on issues related to race and ethnic politics, political behavior, voting rights, and immigration. She tweets @NazitaLajevardi.

Wednesday Aug 19, 2020
Ambassador John Limbert's New Novel, "Believers: Love and Death in Tehran"
Wednesday Aug 19, 2020
Wednesday Aug 19, 2020
Assal and Mana sat down with NIAC Advisory Board Member Ambassador John Limbert to discuss his new novel with co-author Ambassador Marc Grossman, Believers: Love and Death in Tehran. Though a tale of fiction, Limbert brings his knowledge of Iran's history, language, and culture, as well as his own experience as one of 52 American hostages held by Iranian students in 1979, to this engrossing spy novel set in Iran at the outset of the U.S. embassy seizure. Share your comments with Ambassador Limbert at podcast@niacouncil.org and get your copy of Believers here.

Monday Jul 20, 2020
Paul Pillar: Sabotage in Iran and the CIA's New Powers
Monday Jul 20, 2020
Monday Jul 20, 2020
Jamal and Sina sit down with veteran CIA analyst Paul Pillar to discuss the mysterious explosions that continue to rock Iran and new revelations of authorizations granted to the Agency to wage offensive cyber operations and conduct what some say is a campaign aimed at destabilizing the country.
Read more:
- Paul Pillar for National Interest, "The Undeclared War With Iran"
- Yahoo News, "Exclusive: Secret Trump order gives CIA more powers to launch cyberattacks"

Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
Wednesday Jul 08, 2020

Thursday Jun 25, 2020
NIAC Live: A Maximum Pressure Exit Strategy
Thursday Jun 25, 2020
Thursday Jun 25, 2020
NIAC's new report, "Returning to and Building on the Iran Nuclear Deal: A Maximum Pressure Exit Strategy," outlines how the U.S. can get back to the JCPOA and back to the table with Iran to resolve bilateral and regional challenges -- either under a Biden Administration or a reformed Trump Administration.
This launch event features Joe Cirincione of the Ploughshares Fund, Suzanne DiMaggio of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, NIAC President Jamal Abdi, and is hosted by France 24 Senior Journalist Sanam Shantyaei.