The American Iranian Council (AIC) was formed in 1990 as a US-based bi-partisan think tank focused upon promoting better relations between the United States and Iran.

The AIC is an academic research and education organization that is focused upon improving the dialogue between two countries that often fail to take into account misperceptions, misunderstandings, and mischaracterizations.

The AIC is generally focused upon working at the national and international levels of public policy, it is also increasingly involved in helping Iranian-American citizens in the United States to have their voices and concerns articulated and heard.

The organization believes in intellectual and practical rigor, a free and open and nonpartisan inquiry, full accountability and transparency, fair and balanced treatment of issues, the enhancement of a public-service ethic, broad participation of those who wish to be involved, and the promotion of common ground and mutual interests.

Senator Chuck Hagel and Congressman Dennis Kucinich have been involved in helping to move the U.S. and Iran away from armed conflict.

[citation needed] In 2007, the AIC helped to arrange a meeting between President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran and U.S. academics, business leaders and members of the media.

Notably, on March 13, 2002, the AIC held a conference in Washington that featured Zalmay Khalilzad, a member of President George Bush's National Security Council staff, along with Senators Joseph Biden, Robert Torricelli, and Chuck Hagel.

[2] While Mr. Khalilzad criticized Tehran's support for terrorist groups, the senators' speeches raised eyebrows due to their perceived departure from reality and alignment with the AIC's agenda.

[2] Senator Hagel's previous denouncement of U.S. sanctions against Iran and Libya further fueled skepticism about the AIC's stance on Iran-related issues.

[citation needed] AIC released a statement more than one and a half month after the death of Mahsa Amini while there were daily protests in Iran with people were demanding for a regime change and addresses it with a lukewarm and hijacked objective as "Young Iranians - women and men alike - have come out in a show of unity demanding change for their country, including the removal of restrictive dress codes for women and the "morality police" system, which led to Mahsa Amini's death.