April 22, 2015, Washington, D.C. – Jason Rezaian, an Iranian American correspondent at The Washington Post, is set to be tried on four charges including espionage by the Iranian court. If convicted, Rezaian will face a

UPDATE: Senate Foreign Relations Committee today approved the Iran Nuclear Agreement Act of 2015 by a margin of 19 to 0. The legislation was amended under compromise agreement between Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Senator Bob Croker (R-TN) and Ranking Member Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD).  The new

April 13, 2015, Washington, D.C. – The framework agreement reached between the P5+1 (U.S., U.K., France, Russia, China, and Germany) and Iran represents an important step towards resolving the impasse over Iran’s nuclear program peacefully. 

April 10, 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 10, 2015, Washington, D.C. – On April 6th, the Iran Project published a bipartisan statement in support of the announced framework agreement between the P5+1 (U.S., U.K. China, France, Germany, and Russia) and Iran

By Iman Bacodari April 10, 2015, New York, NY – On March 29th, 2015, the Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA), in collaboration with the Iranian American Bar Association (IABA) held its fifth annual

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