Maryam Rajavi’s Nowruz Remarks: The New Year Can and Must Be Turned Into a Year Full of Uprisings, March 20, 2018
Bipartisan Senators voice support for Iranian people’s demand for regime change, democracy and freedom in Iran, March 19, 2018
U.N. Ambassador Nikki Hailey on Iran Protests.
Members of Congress React to Iran Protests
Students attend a Dec. 30, 2017, protest inside Tehran University. This photo was taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran.
As thousands of Iranians staged rallies across the country to protest economic hardship and anger at the country's government, members of Congress used social media to voice support for the demonstrators and to call on the Iranian government to respect the right of the people to protest...more....
Corker, Cardin Introduce Resolution on Protests in Iran
Resolution Expresses Support for Rights of Iranian People, Condemns Regime for Ongoing Abuses
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today introduced a Senate resolution expressing support for the rights of the Iranian people to have their voices heard and condemning the Iranian regime for its long history of human rights abuses. more....
The Christmas and New Year 2018 Message of Maryam Rajavi
On the eve of birthday of the holly Jesus Christ, and on the occasion of the upcoming New Year 2018. Maryam Rajavi the president elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran sent a message to all the Christians in Iran and all over the world, the following is the full text of the message:
Fellow Christian compatriots,.more...
Cardin Supports Iranian People in Pursuit of Fundamental Rights
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement Tuesday amid ongoing protests in Iran:more....
Scenes from deadly protests in Iran
Unrest in Iran erupted for a sixth-straight day Tuesday as demonstrators protest the countries economic troubles.
Senator Ben Cardin
A third-generation Marylander, Ben Cardin has been a national leader on health care, retirement security, the environment and fiscal issues while representing the people of Maryland in the U.S. Senate, and before that in the House of Representatives.
“He is a man of substance and integrity who understands complicated issues and the art of compromise.”– The Baltimore Sun, more...
House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer
WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today after it was announced that the U.S. would impose new sanctions on Iran:
“It is fitting that the United States will impose new sanctions on Iran for its ballistic missile test in contravention of U.N. Security Council Resolution 2231. These sanctions will target Iran’s ballistic missile program, which threatens the entire region, as well as its network of proliferators. more...
February 21, 2017
Cardin, Schumer, Senate Democrats Introduce Iran Sanctions Extension
WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Ben Cardin (D-MD), Senate Democratic Policy Committee Chair Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), and 12 other Senate Democrats introduced legislation yesterday to renew the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, which is set to expire at the end of this year. more...
February 21, 2017
OIAC Welcomes Letter By 22 Bipartisan U.S. Senators To President Donald Trump
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2017:
Organization of Iranian American Communities (OIAC) welcomes the letter by 22 bipartisan U.S. Senators to President Donald Trump, demanding that the Administration hold Iran accountable more...