Newsletter PAAIA Hosts Outreach Events with the U.S. Department of State BY KAYVAN FARCHADI June 29, 2011, Washington, D.C. -The Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA), in collaboration with the U.S. Department of the

By Kia Makarechi July 14, 2011, New York, NY-Go ahead, ask her. As an Iranian-American writing on Italian history, Mahnaz Yousefzadeh has been asked so many times, she has a smart answer ready: Why didn’t

By Kia Makarechi Go ahead, ask her. As an Iranian-American writing on Italian history, Mahnaz Yousefzadeh has been asked so many times, she has a smart answer ready: Why didn’t she spend her scholarly life

By Majid Roshanger July 14, 2011, San Diego, CA-Iranian American Zohreh Ghahremani’s  Sky of Red Poppies is one of three books currently nominated for One Book, One San Diego.  One Book, One San Diego, a

By PAAIA Staff July 7, 2011, Washington, D.C.– On July 19th, 2011, the New York Chapter of the Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA), in collaboration with the Iranian American Bar Association (IABA) , will

By Nealan Afsari July 5, 2011, San Francisco, CA– On Thursday, June 23, 2011, a group of Iranian Americans from Northern California gathered at the home of Tina and Hamid Moghadam, in support of Supervisor

By the Asian Law Caucus July 1, 2011, San Francisco, CA – On June 23, 2011, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the United States Department of the Treasury announced that it has added

Can We Still Legally Fly on Iran Air? By Farhad Alavi and Babak Hoghooghi July 1, 2011, Washington, D.C.-The designation on June 23 of Iran Air and its affiliates on the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN)

By Sarah Bahmani June 29, 2011, New York, NY – “Every vote counts,” was the hit-home message of Judge Sabrina Setareh Kraus last Wednesday evening, where PAAIA members gathered friends, colleagues and supporters to raise

By Kayvan Farchadi June 29, 2011, Washington, D.C. – The Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA), in collaboration with the U.S. Department of the State, hosted two informative panel discussions on changes to visa validity

By PAAIA Staff June 27, 2011, Washington, D.C.-The Asian Law Caucus (ALC) and many other national Iranian American membership organizations increasingly receive inquiries from concerned community members about the Iran Sanctions.Issues of concern include if

Newsletter11 PAAIA to Host Outreach Events with U.S. Department of State BY PAAIA STAFF June 9, 2011, Washington, D.C. – The Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA), in collaboration with the U.S. Department of

By PAAIA Staff June 9, 2011, Washington, D.C. – The Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA), in collaboration with the U.S. Department of the State, will host a series of informative panel discussions on

By Kia Makarechi June 8, 2011, Los Angeles, CA – Talent runs deep in 25-year-old Iranian-American Alexandra Monir’s family. Given that her grandmother is the late Persian folk and opera singer Monir Vakili, it is

Newsletter10 PAAIA Chapters and Friends Take Nowruz to Local Schools Nationwide BY PAAIA STAFF May 27, 2011, Washington, D.C. – Building on our successful efforts to pass the Nowruz Resolution through both Chambers of Congress in