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September 20, 2012 In This Edition: 1. Stop Last Minute Senate Vote to Adopt Netanyahu's War Red Line  2. The Truth. The Whole Truth. And, Nothing but the Truth.  3. NIAC Launches Iran Fact Check 4. You're Invited: Reception & Fundraiser Gala in Washington, DC 5. Listen: Iranican Promotes Unity through Dialogue and Tolerance 6. NIAC in the News Stop Last Minute Senate Vote to Adopt Netanyahu's War Red Line By: NIAC Action Alert The Senate is poised to commit the U.S. to a red line for war demanded by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposed by the Obama Administration.  The resolution by Senators Lindsay Graham (R-SC), Joe Lieberman (I-CT), and Bob Casey (D-PA) expresses support for Netanyahu’s red line for military action against Iran and may come up for a vote TODAY.   Please call your Senators to tell them you oppose the Iran red line resolution.  Call 1-855-68 NO WAR to be directed to your Senators offices and tell them to oppose S.J. Res 41. Learn More & Take Action>>READ: New Senate Push for Iran War Red Lines as Netanyahu Ups Pressure>>    The Truth. The Whole Truth. And, Nothing but the Truth. By: Nobar Elmi - Opinion As the Director of Community Outreach & Programming at the largest Iranian-American grassroots organization, I have the pleasure of regularly meeting and speaking with Iranian Americans from across the country. These conversations leave me proud of our culture and appreciative of our diversity. However, these interactions have also shed some light on one issue I find particularly painful, which is the fact that our community often falls prey to the rumor mill and conspiracy theories. Read More>>   NIAC Launches Iran Fact Check By: NIAC Action Alert Yesterday NIAC and Just Foreign Policy launched IranFact.org, a project to challenge the war spin, highlight the facts, and mobilize the grassroots to prevent the media unaccountability that we saw in the lead up to Iraq.  IranFact's first action item comes on the 10 year anniversary of Dick Cheney's infamous performance on Meet The Press where he was given a free pass to hype the imminent threat of Iraqi WMD. Join us to call on Meet the Press to correct Benjamin Netanyahu's very similar appearance last Sunday, where he offered several serious distortions about Iran's "race" to nuclear weapons and was not challenged.  Take Action: Tell Meet the Press: No Free Pass for Netanyahu to Sell War>> Iran Fact & the Huffington Post: Meet the Press Gives Natanyahu Cheney's Bully Pulpit for War>> You're Invited: Reception and Fundraiser Gala in Washington, DC By: NIAC Announcement  Unable to participate in NIAC's Leadership Conference, but still want to mix and mingle with your fellow Iranian-Americans, hear from amazing speakers and enjoy some delicious food and libations?  Consider joining us for our night time events! Purchase Tickets>> Listen: Iranican Promotes Unity through Dialogue and Tolerance By: "Let's Talk Iran" Podcast  We had the wonderful opportunity to interview the co-hosts of Iranican Live, which is found onIranican.com and RadioJavan.com.Iranican.com is a non-profit, volunteer-based organization based in the Silicon Valley whose mission is to explore issues affecting “Generation Iranian-American”. Listen and Subscribe>> NIAC in the News Al Jazeera: Do Israelis 'heart' attacking Iran?, featuring NIAC's President Trita Parsi     Bloomberg: Iranians Denied U.S. Visas Hit By Political Crossfire, featuring NIAC's Research Director Reza Marashi & NIAC's Policy Director Jamal Abdi       “A vote for S.J. Res. 41 is a vote for the concept of pre-emptive war. I know of no other way to interpret the message this resolution sends.”   - Senator Rand Paul Stop Rep. Rohrabacher's Resolution Calling for Dividing Iran Along Ethnic Lines Support Diplomacy, Not War with Iran! September 2012 Sunday, September 30, 2012 -  Tuesday, October 2, 2012         2012 NIAC Leadership Conference Sunday, September 30, 2012 -  Monday, October 1, 2012         2012 NIAC Leadership Conference: Night-Time Events Only

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