PAAIA Hosts Congressional Briefing on Iran

On October 25th, 2022, PAAIA and our esteemed panel briefed an audience of over 200 congressional staffers and others on the ongoing developments in Iran, and discussed ways that the U.S. government can better support the people of Iran in areas such as human rights and access to independent internet services in light of the ongoing protests in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini.

Our panel of Iran experts featured Holly Dagres, policy analyst on Iranian affairs and Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, Hadi Ghaemi, Executive Director of the Center for Human Rights in Iran, and Mehrzad Boroujerdi, an expert on the domestic politics of Iran and Dean of College of Arts, Sciences, and Education at Missouri University of Science and Technology.