Contact: Christy Setzer, christy@newheightscommunications.com or Aurora Matthews, aurora@newheightscommunications.com, 301-221-7984 February 9, 2017 IRANIAN-AMERICAN ORGS FILE FEDERAL LAWSUIT AGAINST TRUMP TRAVEL BAN EXECUTIVE ORDER Joint Statement of the Pars Equality Center, the Iranian American Bar Association, the

WASHINGTON – President Trump’s controversial Executive Order temporarily banning nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries is causing a crisis. PAAIA continues to monitor this situation. Last night, we hosted a conference call with Representatives from civil rights organizations and immigration

WASHINGTON – Today, House Democrats sent a letter to the General Accountability Office (GAO) urging an investigation into President Trump’s controversial Executive Order temporarily banning nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries, including Iran, from entering the United

WASHINGTON – Today, led by Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), House Democrats are filing legislation making President Trump’s controversial Immigration Executive Order null and void. In the Senate, Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) are leading

WASHINGTON – The implementation of President Trump’s controversial executive order to temporarily ban nationals from Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, and Iran, from entering the United States was met with much confusion and reports of

WASHINGTON – Today, President Trump enacted an executive order temporarily banning nationals from Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, and Iran, from entering the United States. The measure prohibits immigrant and non-immigrant nationals from the

WASHINGTON – According to multiple sources, President Trump plans to issue an executive order temporarily banning nationals from several Muslim-majority countries, including Iran, from entering the United States. The Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA) is deeply

WASHINGTON – According to a bipartisan survey from the University of Maryland’s Program for Public Consultation (PPC), approximately two thirds of Americans oppose withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal. The survey asked respondents to assess

WASHINGTON – Today, the Obama administration announced that it would dismantle the regulatory framework behind the dormant National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS). Created in the wake of September 11, 2001, NSEERS required non-immigrant nationals from twenty-five countries,

SILICON VALLEY, Calif. – Gisue Hariri and Mojgan Hariri were born in Iran, and they came to the United States to pursue higher education. After graduating from Cornell University School of Architecture, they established Hariri & Hariri Architecture, a New

Atlanta, GA – The Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA) recently had the opportunity to interview former NexGen board member Amir Farokhi about his campaign for Atlanta City Council. The election, which will be held in November

WASHINGTON – Last week, the United States Senate passed a clean 10-year extension of the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA), sending the bill to the White House for President Obama’s signature. Originally enacted in 1996, the ISA

WASHINGTON – On December 2nd, House Democrats wrote a letter calling on President Obama to permanently dismantle the regulatory framework behind the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS) before his administration ends. Created in the wake

SILICON VALLEY, Calif. – Dr. Cumrun Vafa, an Iranian American string theorist at Harvard University, received a Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics at the Silicon Valley award ceremony on December 5th. The Breakthrough Prize Foundation annually

WASHINGTON – Today, the Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA) joined a coalition of advocacy, civil rights, and inter-faith organizations who wrote a letter urging President Obama to rescind the regulatory framework behind the National