July Well, it’s been a busy quarter. We began by supporting Secretary Pompeo in his call on Turkey for the Hagia Sophia to remain a museum. Naturally, the Secretary’s entreaty went unheeded. Dr. Toufic Hindi published a piece calling President Erdogan “a jihadist with a necktie,“ which pretty much sums up our thinking on the matter as…

April Despite the coronavirus lockdown at the start of the year, we continued to make our voices heard in Washington and across the country. In early April, Molly Rozbeh wrote a compelling plea to sign her White House petition calling for more pressure on Iran, not less due to the coronavirus as was being argued.  Hossein published…

January We began 2020 with great hope and optimism – especially about the prospect of President Trump’s re-election chances in November. AMCD vice-chair Hossein Khorram organized a rally in support of the President in Washington State. The Iranian community was thrilled when President Trump tweeted messages to the Iranian people in Farsi. The nephew of Vice President Pence also addressed…

October We began the third quarter by showing President Trump how much Iranian Americans support him at an event in Beverly Hills, California. Iranian-Americans numbered about 20% of the total number of guests and were the largest single block at this event. Yes! We also called upon the administration to mediate between the Kurds and Turkish forces in…

JULY AMCD co-chair, John Hajjar spoke with Russia Today on the Trump administration’s posture on Iran. Then Mr. Hajjar represented AMCD at the first National Conference on Conservatism. Watch his speech here. AMCD called out the Lebanese Ambassador to the UN for protecting Hezbollah. And we blasted Governor Inslee, Senator Sanders and Julian Castro for pandering to Islamists at the ISNA…

APRIL In the first week of April, an interview AMCD co-chair Tom Harb gave to Al-Alam TV (Iran) was picked up and translated by MEMRI. Mr. Harb stated that the Palestinians began with their refusals to peace with Israel with the 1947 Partition Plan, and he explained that Arab countries are starting to think about their…

January 2019 We started the year off on a sad note. AMCD founding board member, David Lazar passed away. We continue to miss his wise counsel. No doubt he would not have approved of how Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib’s intemperate words and actions. AMCD supported President Trump’s goals in Syria, and opposed the move to replace the House subcommittee on Terrorism,…

January 24, 2022 On January 20, AMCD members met with Bahman Maalizadeh of the Norooz Foundation and Erica Saghar Kasraie to discuss what is happening with refugees from Afghanistan who fled to Tajikistan to escape the Taliban. The Tajik government offers shelter to some of the Afghan refugees in the Vahdat Camp (translates as Unity Camp) that by Western standards…

December 21, 2021 On December 16, American Mideast Coalition for Democracy met with anti-Islamic Republic of Iran regime activist Ali Mahdavi.  Mr. Mahdavi began by discussing the history of Iran’s nuclear program which began as far back as the 1950s with the help of Eisenhower’s Atoms for Peace program. In the 1970s, Iran joined the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.…

December 16, 2021 While the American Mideast Coalition for Democracy deplores bigotry and prejudice of all kinds, we also recognize legislation like that proposed by Representative Omar is a weapon promoted by the Muslim Brotherhood (Ikhwan) and the Islamic Republic of Iran to silence critics of their policies. Late on the evening of December 14, the…