The letter calls on the United Nations to expel Iran from the body’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)

PAAIA and our esteemed panel briefed an audience of over 200 congressional staffers and others on the ongoing developments in Iran, and discussed ways that the U.S. government can better support the people of Iran in areas such as human rights and access to independent internet services in light of the ongoing protests in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini

The Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA) strongly condemns recent political mailers targeting Sam Yebri and his campaign for Los Angeles City Council. The mailers, sent by his opponent, Katy Young Yaroslavsky, place Sam’s

PAAIA and PARS Equality Center urge the United Nations Human Rights Council to take action and stand with the people of Iran

Iranian security forces in Tehran conducted a violent siege against university students in Tehran who were peacefully protesting

Now Companies Must Make Tech Products Available and U.S. Government Must Encourage Them Contact: Aman Ardalan Email: aman@paaia.org Phone: (202) 828-8370 September 26, 2022—Today, the Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA) and the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) welcomed an

As Americans of Iranian heritage, we are devastated by Mahsa Amini’s death

IAPAC endorses Milad Pooran, a physician, a veteran, and a small business owner who served for 24 years in the U.S. Air Force Medical Corps

With elections quickly coming up in November, PAAIA is taking the opportunity to highlight Iranian Americans who are on the ballot across the country

PAAIA trustee Shiva Sarram recently spent some time in Jordan to visit programs that are being implemented by Blossom Hill Foundation, a non-profit organization she founded in 2009. Blossom Hill’s vision is a world where children affected by war and conflict thrive.

From July 10 – 15, PAAIA’s Civic Leadership Program hosted our first Farokhzad Civic Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C.! Thirty-two Iranian American high schoolers and counselors from fifteen states across the country came together for a

PAAIA celebrates news that the House has passed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which PAAIA helped spearhead.

PAAIA celebrated the introduction of an amendment to the NDAA which would help the people of Iran gain access to telecommunications..

PAAIA announces Nadia Akbari, Emma Shahabi, and Sarah Shahabi as the Summer 2022 Public Service Fellows…

Michelle Siri, candidate for Lt. Governor, is the Executive Director of the Women’s Law Center of Maryland, a statewide non-profit which fights for the physical safety, economic security, and bodily autonomy of women in Maryland through legal services and legislative advocacy.