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Maz Jobrani on NPR
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Nobel Laureate Ebadi Addresses Human Rights in Iran at Carnegie Endowment
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Professor Ezzatollah Negahban, Father of Modern Iranian Archaeology Passes Away
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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
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Iranian Canadian Director Taking Film to Tehran’s International Film Festival
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Iranian American Filmmaker Debuts Short Film at SLAMDANCE 2009
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Iranian American Student, Esha Momeni, Banned From Leaving Iran
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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.