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Media Center · 2022
December 25, 2022NUFDI 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…

November 28, 2022Iran Threatened Families of National Soccer Team
Iran Threatened Families of National Soccer Team

November 15, 2022NUFDI 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…
November 3, 2022Iran 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…
October 31, 2022Pardis 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…
October 10, 2022NUFDI 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…
October 3, 2022NUFDI 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…
September 21, 2022Two 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…
September 14, 2022Iranian 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…
September 7, 2022NUFDI 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…
August 23, 2022Nazenin 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…
August 17, 2022Babak 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…
July 31, 2022NUFDI 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…
July 27, 2022NUFDI Holds Town Hall for Iranian-American Community on Nationwide Roadshow
Washington, DC – Last month, NUFDI’s team traveled to Fresno, California as a part of its nationwide roadshow to meet with the Iranian American community across the country. After…
July 4, 2022NUFDI to State: Pressure Belgium on Iran Terrorist Treaty
Washington, DC – NUFDI once again expresses our sincere concerns about threats to Iranian activists living in the United States and the broader Iranian American community posed by…
June 30, 2022Jahan-Parvar Joins Advisory Council
NUFDI is proud to announce that esteemed economist Mohammad R. Jahan Parvar, Ph.D. is joining the organization’s Advisory Council. He joins other leaders across the Iranian…

June 14, 2022The Moral & Strategic Failure of Ignoring the Protests in Iran
The Moral & Strategic Failure of Ignoring the Protests in Iran
June 13, 2022Time to help the Iranian people overthrow the regime
Time to help the Iranian people overthrow the regime
June 6, 2022NUFDI's Call for a Congressional Investigation into Meta
NUFDI's Call for a Congressional Investigation into Meta

May 31, 2022A Pathetic Slap in the Face': Dissidents Blast Biden's Tepid Support for Iranian Protesters
A Pathetic Slap in the Face': Dissidents Blast Biden's Tepid Support for Iranian Protesters