Author: AIAINY

As Maryam reflects upon her experiences as a woman in Iran, she takes a moment to sip her chai tea latte. Strands of strawberry blonde hair spill out rebelliously from beneath her Adidas visor, and through the window of the coffee shop, the bright glare from the large advertisements surrounding Times Square illuminate the side of her face. Read More Article by: Olivia Lace-Evans British multimedia journalist based in New York. Documentary specialist at Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP)— Hundreds gathered in Manhattan on Thursday to protest Iranian President Hassan Rouhani during his remarks before the U.N. General Assembly. Former U.S. diplomats John Bolton and Bill Richardson were expected to address the protesters. Former Sen. Tom Daschle of South Dakota and Robert F. Kennedy’s daughter Kerry Kennedy were also expected to speak. Read More

Protesters demonstrate against the government of Iran outside United Nations headquarters as the 69th session of the U.N. General Assembly convenes, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, in New York… Hundreds of people gathered Thursday in a plaza outside the United Nations to protest what they said was Iran’s continued support of terrorism, its poor record on human rights and its deceptive tactics in nuclear negotiations as the country’s president delivered remarks to world leaders. Read More

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has asked the Iranian regime to release all political prisoners and journalists including the Washington Post’s reporter and his wife who are being held in Iran. … Read More

In August 2013, twenty-four years after serving as the representative of the Supreme Leader in the mullahs’ highest security organization, the Supreme Security Council, Hassan Rouhani took office as the President of the Iranian regime. His foremost motto as the new man in office was “moderation.” Those who advocate for change from within the religious dictatorship fell head over heels for the new president, hoping for an overture with Iran while keeping the regime in power. They hope for an end to the era of extremism marked by Mohmoud Ahmadinejad, which promises to open the doors to economic trade and…

NCRI-Camp Liberty is a concentration camp where the residents have been abandoned by the US, the United Nations and its Iraqi envoy Martin Kobler, former New York mayor Rudy Guiliani has told a conference in Paris. The Iranian dissidents needed urgent protection, and should all be moved to safety – and even taken to America – immediately, he said. Mr. Guiliani also branded new Iranian president Hassan Rohani a ‘killer’ with ‘blood on his hands’. He said: “I said two years ago that Camp Liberty was going to be a concentration camp and worse, a killing field. I am very, very sad to say that…

WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Menendez, Chairman of Foreign Relations Committee Statement on Camp Liberty Attack in Iraq Chairman Robert Menendez released the following statement regarding the attack on Camp Liberty in Iraq. “I condemn the attack on Camp Liberty in the strongest and most forceful of terms. The attack is a tragic reminder that every person living in Camp Liberty, as well as Camp Ashraf remains in a permanent state of uncertainty, their lives constantly endangered and their homes targets of acts of terrorism …” Read More

At the rally in New York City outside the United Nations by the Iranian-American communities and American dignitaries urging the return of the Iranian refugees in Iraq to their home at Camp Ashraf and replacing the UN Special Representative of Secretary General (SRSG) to prevent another massacre of refugees. Read More

WASHINGTON, The following is being released by Association of Iranian-Americans in New York & New Jersey: Some 30 Iranian-American associations, communities and professional organizations representing tens of thousands of Iranians in the United States lent their strong support to the bipartisan December 20, 2012 letter to President Obama by 74 U.S. Senators, initiated by Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) and Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), regarding the Iranian nuclear program and support for the Iranian people’s struggle for freedom. Read More