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IAPAC Endorses Anna Kaplan, Iranian American Set to Flip the New York State Senate

25 Sep 2018

Washington, DC-The Iranian American Political Action Committee (IAPAC), the connected PAC of the Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans proudly announces its support for Anna Kaplan for...

Meet Shireen Ghorbani, Rising Candidate for Utah 2nd Congressional District

13 Sep 2018

Washington, DC – Today the Iranian American Political Action Committee (IAPAC), the connected PAC of PAAIA, proudly announced its endorsement of Democratic nominee Shireen Ghorbani for Utah’s 2nd...

Meet Alex Soltany, PAAIA’s Fall CHIP Fellow

30 Aug 2018

PAAIA congratulates our newest Akbar Ghahary Capitol Hill Internship Program (CHIP) Fellow, Alex Soltany. Alex Soltany, a native of McLean, Virginia, recently graduated cum laude...

Negeen Sadeghi-Movahed Reflects on PAAIA Ansari Fellowship

23 Aug 2018

“Reason and reflection require us to recognize that in our adversary system of criminal justice, any person haled into court, who is too poor to hire a...

PAAIA Ansari Fellow Neeki Memarzadeh Reflects on Internship

17 Aug 2018

This summer, with the generous support of the PAAIA Ansari Fellowship, I had the incredible opportunity to serve as a legislative intern in the office of Senator...

Reimposition of Sanctions: What it Means

06 Aug 2018

Washington, DC – On May 8th, President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the JCPOA, a multilateral agreement between Iran and a group of world powers,...

PAAIA’s 2018 Summer CHIP Fellow Amir Rezvani Shares His Internship Experience

03 Aug 2018

This summer, I had the privilege of working as an intern for Senator Dianne Feinstein of California. As an intern, I handled legislative, administrative, and press...

New Lawsuit Challenging Travel Ban Waiver Provisions