PAAIA recently interviewed Banafsheh Keynoush about her new book, Saudi Arabia and Iran: Friends or Foes? Drawing on her interactions with high-level Saudi and Iranian politicians, the book offers unique insight into the tumultuous Saudi-Iranian relationship, challenges

February 21, 2016 New York, NY –  PAAIA members and friends hosted a meet and greet reception with United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) in New York City. The event presented an opportunity for Senator

February 23, 2016, Los Angeles, CA – Thirty-five prominent industry professionals have published an open letter to Members of Congress voicing their support for the Equal Protection in Travel Act of 2016 (S.2449/H.R.4380). The bipartisan

  February 17th, Washington D.C. – The John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) hosted “After Sanctions: Challenges Facing the Iranian Economy”.  Masood Ahmed, director of the Middle East

February 23, 2016, Washington, D.C. – Thirty-five prominent industry professionals have published an open letter to Members of Congress voicing their support for the Equal Protection in Travel Act of 2016 (S.2449/H.R.4380).  The bipartisan legislation

  February 12, 2016, Washington D.C. – Democratic members of the U.S. Senate sent a letter today urging the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to issue waivers to the discriminatory dual nationality provisions contained in

February 8, 2016, Washington D.C.—Today, the Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA), along with the Pars Equality Center, the National Iranian American Council, Iranian Alliances Across Borders, and the International Campaign for Human Rights

February 4, 2016, Washington D.C. – An impressive coalition of 65 different civil rights, faith, refugee and humanitarian aid organizations joined together to send a letter to Congress, voicing their support for the bipartisan Equal

  January 27, 2016, New York, NY – On February 5, 2016, New York City Councilmember I. Daneek Miller introduced a resolution calling on U.S. Congress to pass and the President to sign the “Equal

February 5, 2016, Washington, DC—The highest-ranking Iranian American in political office was recently appointed to the 2016 Democratic National Convention Platform Committee by DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz. State Senator Cyrus Habib was first elected

Bipartisan legislation has been introduced in the U.S. Congress that would strip the discriminatory dual nationality provisions contained in the Visa Waiver Program reforms passed into law late last year.   Europeans of Iranian origin have already been

Today the Obama administration announced the new visa requirements for travelers who are dual nationals under the Visa Waiver Program. The new regulations are in response to the Visa Waiver Program reforms passed into law

January 25, 2016, Washington, D.C. – Iranian American Councilwoman Anna “Monahemi” Kaplan recently announced her plans to run for the 3rd Congressional seat of New York Representative Steve Israel, who recently announced that he will not

  January 25, 2016, Washington, D.C. – There will be a new Iranian American on Capitol Hill this spring. Aava Khajavi is the recipient of the Akbar Ghahary Capitol Hill Internship Program (CHIP), working at the office

January 25, 2016, Washington D.C. – On January 22, 2016, Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) and Congresswoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-Palo Alto) published an article regarding the protection of the Iranian American community under the Visa