The National Endowment for Democracy @NEDemocracy, a private non-profit organization funded by congressional appropriations to promote democratic institutions worldwide, provided grants to the National Iranian American Council @NIACouncil during its early years, totaling $25,000 in 2002, 2005, and 2006.

These funds were ostensibly allocated to foster cooperation between the Islamic Republic of Iran's NGOs and international civil society while enhancing the institutional capacity of NGOs related to the Islamic Republic regime. However, regime's NGOs receiving such support were required to operate under the Hamyaran Foundation, an umbrella organization directed by Muhammad Baquer Namazi, which has been described as a mechanism for monitoring and controlling NGOs on behalf of the Islamic Republic regime.
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This relationship raises concerns about whether U.S. taxpayer dollars, channeled through NED, indirectly benefited entities closely aligned with the Islamic Republic's government in Iran, highlighting the need for scrutiny over the ultimate beneficiaries of such funding
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