John,
The United States and Iran have announced a deal to end the disastrous U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
After months of fear and devastation, the threat of American and Israeli bombs falling on Iranian schools, residential buildings, and hospitals may finally begin to recede, as may the threat of Iranian drones and missiles across the region. Tens of millions of people will rest easier knowing that the immediate danger of a widening war is diminishing.
This is long-overdue relief from the nightmare of war. But it also forces us to ask what all of this destruction was for. This war was started on lies that were quickly exposed. Thousands of innocent people were killed and injured, families were shattered, and the region was pushed to the brink. In the end, the only viable path out was the same path that should have been pursued from the start: diplomacy.
War was never liberation, and it was never security. Those who sold it as a path to freedom helped pave a path to misery and death.
Now, negotiations toward a more comprehensive agreement will start in earnest. The same forces that helped drive the U.S. toward war will try to sabotage the path to peace. We have seen this before: more than a decade ago, tens of millions of dollars were spent to slander diplomacy with Iran and attack those who defended it. The unraveling of that deal did not bring freedom or stability. It brought maximum pressure, impoverishment, repression, regional instability, and ultimately a disastrous war with global consequences.
We cannot let them do it again.
NIAC was built for this. When war was being sold as inevitable, we organized against it. When Iranian Americans were ignored or spoken over, we made sure our community was heard. And now, as a deal to end the war has been announced, we must defend it and help ensure this opening becomes the beginning of a new path away from sanctions, war, and collective punishment.
The choice with Iran has always been between peace and war. We know the price of war, and we know what happens when the war lobby is allowed to dominate the debate. Please make a donation today [[link removed]] to help NIAC beat back efforts to sabotage this deal and fight for the lasting peace our community, the people of Iran, and the region deserve.
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Today’s announcement should mark not only the end of this war, but the beginning of a new U.S. approach rooted in diplomacy, accountability, and the simple truth that peace is the only way forward.
In solidarity,
Jamal Abdi President, NIAC[[link removed]]
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