Name: The Iran Conference 2026
Start: 2026-09-24T13:00:00.000Z
End: 2026-09-25T21:00:00.000Z
Location: The Mayflower Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, D.C.

NUFDI's fifth annual Iran Conference took place on September 24–25, 2026, at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. Over two days, leading analysts, policymakers, experts and activists from across the political spectrum gathered to discuss Iran and Iran policy.

The program featured seven panels, a keynote address by Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC), fireside chats with Morgan Ortagus and Dr. Kiron Skinner, and a research presentation by NUFDI on the Islamic Republic's influence network. The sessions covered the regime's military and nuclear program, negotiation and pressure, who actually runs Iran, sanctions and the regime's financial lifelines, executions and prisons, the information war, and transnational repression in America and Europe.

Attendance was by invitation only, and the conference reached full capacity. Both days were streamed live on NUFDI's YouTube channel: watch Day 1 · watch Day 2.

Read the full report, watch the videos and see the photos on the Iran Conference 2026 page →