The Iran Conference
The NUFDI Iran Conference is the premier forum for Washington’s leading analysts, policymakers, experts, and activists from across the political spectrum to discuss Iran and Iran policy.
The 2023 Iran Conference will held in Fall of 2023.
2022 Speakers
The inaugural conference was held at the Mayflower Hotel on February 10, 2022. Watch the full video here.
Elliott Abrams
Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Amir Afkhami
Associate Professor, George Washington University
Masih Alinejad
TV Personality and Human Rights Campaigner
Nazenin Ansari
Managing Editor, Kayhan-London and Kayhan-Life
Arash Aramesh
Attorney and Democratic National Security analyst
Fatima Abo Alasrar
Fellow, MEI
Ladan Boroumand
Co-Founder, Abdorrahman Boroumand Center
Saeed Ganji
President, NUFD
Hanin Ghaddar
Friedmann Fellow, Washington Institute
Saeed Ghasseminejad
Senior Iran and Financial Economics Advisor, FDD
Tina Ghazimorad
Editor in Chief, Manoto TV
Marjan Greenblatt
Founder and Director, Alliance for Rights of All Minorities (ARAM)
Bernard Haykel
Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton
Brian Hook
Former US Special Envoy for Iran
Mohammad R. Jahan-Parvar
Economist
Brian Katulis
Vice President for Policy, Middle East Institute (MEI)
Mehdi Ketabchy
University of Maryland, College Park
Cameron Khansarinia
Policy Director, NUFDI
Mariam Memarsadeghi
Senior Fellow, Macdonald-Laurier Institute
Navid Mohebbi
Policy Fellow, NUFDI
Nazee Moinian
St. Andrews University
Gabriel Noronha
Executive Director, Forum for American Leadership
Morgan Ortagus
Former State Department Spokesperson
Joel Rayburn
Fellow, New America Foundation
Michael Rubin
Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
Karim Sadjadpour
Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International
Khosrow Semnani
Industrialist, Community Leader, and Philanthropist
Kaveh Shahrooz
Senior Fellow, MacDonald Laurier Institute
Arash Sobhani
Artist, Kiosk Band
Ray Takeyh
Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
Behnam Ben Taleblu
Senior Fellow, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD)
Shaun Tandon
State Department, Correspondent Agence France-Presse (AFP)