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USA’s Wrestling Team Visits Iran
USA’s Wrestling Team Visits Iran March 19, 2009
Adopt a NoRooz Banner Program in Irvine, CA
Adopt a NoRooz Banner Program in Irvine, CA March 13, 2009 Learn how you can adopt banners to be displayed on the streets of Irvine for the Persian New Year! Visit the website of the
Iranian American Entrepreneur, Shabnam Rezaei, Out to Mend Global Fences with Persian Cartoon ‘Babak and Friends’
Iranian American Entrepreneur, Shabnam Rezaei, Out to Mend Global Fences with Persian Cartoon ‘Babak and Friends’ March 04, 2009 In 2004, Iranian-born entrepreneur Shabnam Rezaei started Persian Mirror, an online magazine to “teach the world
Maz Jobrani on NPR
Maz Jobrani on NPR March 03, 2009 Maz Jobrani was six years old when his family emigrated to the U.S. from Iran during the Iranian revolution. He grew up outside of San Francisco, attended UC
Nobel Laureate Ebadi Addresses Human Rights in Iran at Carnegie Endowment
Nobel Laureate Ebadi Addresses Human Rights in Iran at Carnegie Endowment February 06, 2009 On Monday, February 2, 2009, Nobel Laureate and human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi spoke at the Carnegi Endowment for International Peace
Professor Ezzatollah Negahban, Father of Modern Iranian Archaeology Passes Away
Professor Ezzatollah Negahban, Father of Modern Iranian Archaeology, Passes Away February 05, 2009 Ezzatollah Negahban, the father of modern Iranian archaeology, died on Monday, February 2, at the age of 87. Read More
Iranian American Develops the Robotic Ray
Iranian American Develops the Robotic Ray January 29, 2009 Farshad Khorrami’s Robotic Ray, a newly developed underwater robot, which could be used to police harbors, seek mines or take samples of polluted water for laboratory
Vida Ghahremani: A Star is Reborn in Wayne Wang’s Latest Film
Vida Ghahremani: A Star is Reborn in Wayne Wang’s Latest Film January 29, 2009 Vida Ghahremani will play the role of an Iranian exile in Wayne Wang’s new film A Thousand Years of Good Prayers.
Davood Roostaei’s paintings to be presented to Obama: THAT ONE! CHANGE Award Honorees
Davood Roostaei’s paintings to be presented to “Obama: THAT ONE!” “CHANGE” Award Honorees January 23, 2009 “Obama: THAT ONE!” presented by Lifestyle Communications and sponsored in part by HBO, announced that internationally acclaimed artist Davood
Iranian Canadian Director Taking Film to Tehran’s International Film Festival
Iranian Canadian Director Taking Film to Tehran’s International Film Festival January 16, 2009 The Veil is Director Shahin Sayadi’s adaptation of exiled Iranian novelist Masoud Behnoud’s bestseller Khanoom. The epic story is an Eastern woman’s
Donate to PAAIA’s IA-100 to continue our hard work in reuniting families
PAAIA is working towards passing the TFVA which will create a new visa category that will allow the family members of U.S. citizens and permanent residents to visit from abroad. Currently, family members must apply to visit their relatives in the U.S. through B-2 visas which results in an unnecessarily high denial rate due to presumptions that the applicants intend to immigrate. The new visa category created by the TFVA will provide an opportunity for family members to visit their U.S. relatives without the worry of visa overstays.