The following day, the Washington Times exposed the National Iranian American Council (NIAC) for allegedly lobbying on behalf of the Iranian government in violation of the LobbyingDisclosureAct and the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
In addition to its legal services, the firm registered as an agent of a foreign principal under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (FARA) as well as the LobbyingDisclosureAct of 1995 (LDA) to press the Kuwaiti detainees' cause on Capitol Hill.