April 9, 2015, Washington D.C. – PAAIA member, Bita Daryabari, will be honored by the World Affairs Council in San Francisco, California on May 26th for her philanthropic contributions to the Iranian and larger Middle

April 7, 2015, Washington, D.C.  –  Applications have now opened for the 2015 Mentorship Program and OGHAB Internship Program! Applications for OGHAB are due May 1st, 2015 and applications for Mentorship are due June 1st,

April 3, 2015, Washington, D.C. – Like much of the world, Iranian Americans have followed the Iran nuclear negotiations and ensuing developments with great interest. The PAAIA Public Policy Center is pleased to provide a resource page that

April 2, 2015, Washington, D.C. – The Obama Administration announced today that the P5+1 coalition (U.S., U.K., France, Russia, China, and Germany) and Iran have agreed on the parameters of an agreement that would limit Iran’s

March 27, 2015, Washington, D.C. – Like much of the world, Iranian Americans have followed the Iran nuclear negotiations and ensuing developments with great interest. The PAAIA Public Policy Center is pleased to provide a resource page that

March 24, 2015, Los Angeles, CA – On Friday, March 20th, the Los Angeles City Hall celebrated Nowruz alongside the Iranian American community for the eleventh year in a row. Beginning in 2004 with the support

March 24, 2015, Washington, D.C. – On March 20th, marking the Persian New Year, President Obama issued a statement urging for the immediate release of all U.S. citizens currently detained in Iran, including Iranian Americans

March 24, 2015, Washington D.C. – As the deadline approaches to reach a comprehensive nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1, members of the U.S. House of Representatives sent an open letter to President Obama

    March 20, 2015, Washington, D.C. – As he has done in previous years, President Obama yesterday released a special video message to those celebrating Nowruz, taking the opportunity to speak directly to the

March 19, 2015, Washington, D.C. – On March 18, 2014, the Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA) hosted a Nowruz reception for members of Congress and their staff on Capitol Hill in conjunction with

March 18, 2015, Washington, D.C. – Congressman Michael M. Honda (CA-17th) today introduced a bipartisan resolution in honor of the Iranian New Year into the House of Representatives. The legislation recognizes the cultural and historical

March 13, 2015, Washington, D.C. – The Iranian American Political Action Committee (IAPAC), the connected Political Action Committee (PAC) of PAAIA, today announced its new Board of Directors for the 2016 election cycle. New board members were

March 12, 2015, Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, March 11, PAAIA attended the White House celebration in honor of Nowruz, hosted by First Lady Michelle Obama.  The festivities started in the East Room with an

March 12, 2015, Washington, D.C. – Forty-seven Senate Republicans sent an open letter Tuesday  to Iranian leaders, warning that President Obama’s successor could revoke any nuclear agreement “with the stroke of a pen” if the

March 6, 2015, Washington, D.C. – Like much of the world, Iranian Americans have followed the Iran nuclear negotiations and ensuing developments with great interest. The PAAIA Public Policy Center is pleased to provide a resource page that