February 11, 2010, Los Angeles, CA – The Iranian American community has been anxiously following today’s reports in the press and on social media according to which violence broke out in Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, Mashhad and Ahvaz, and evidently, Tabriz, where massive state rallies marking the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution met with anti-government protests. While PAAIA’s stated mission is focused on matters of U.S. domestic concern, as the voice of the Iranian American community, we continue to demand full respect for human rights, including the right to assembly and free expression, and condemn the violation of such rights wherever they may occur, especially in Iran.