PAAIA Interviews Iranian Affairs Expert Sahar Nowrouzzadeh
WASHINGTON – Sahar Nowrouzzadeh is an Iranian American with a distinguished career in foreign policy, having started her career in public service in 2005 at the United States Department of Defense as a Foreign Affairs Analyst
PAAIA Interviews Shiva Farivar about her Campaign for Irvine City Council
Irvine City, Calif. – Shiva Farivar is a longtime Irvine resident and community leader who is running for a seat on the Irvine City Council in the upcoming November elections. This election marks the second time
Dr. Arash Alaei and Dr. Kamiar Alaei – Conveying a Message of Hope through Education
PAAIA interviewed Dr. Arash Alaei and Dr. Kamiar Alaei to discuss their imprisonment in Iran, their ambitions to provide medical education to displaced Syrian refugee students, as well as their aspirations to inspire the next
PAAIA Recevies Telly Award
WASHINGTON – PAAIA was recently honored with a Telly Award for an advertisement produced with Savannah Communications, advocating for diplomatic efforts and the Iran Nuclear Agreement. The advertisement was released as part of a national
Meet Sean Panahi – Candidate for California State Assembly
Irvine, CA – PAAIA recently interviewed Sean Panahi, an attorney and Democratic nominee for California’s 68th State Assembly district. The State Assembly is the lower house in California, which makes laws and enacts the state
PAAIA Mourns the Loss of Dr. Ali Javan
PAAIA is sad to announce the passing of Dr. Ali Javan. A respected and accomplished Iranian American physicist, Javan was a professor emeritus of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Co-inventor of the gas
Iranian Americans in Maryland Unite to Support Jamie Raskin for U.S. Congress
WASHINGTON – On July 22, 2016, Iranian Americans from the Washington metropolitan area gathered to support state Sen. Jamie Raskin’s campaign for U.S. Congress. The event was organized by and held at the home of
PAAIA Interviews Young Iranian American Entrepreneur, Rostam Zafari
Rostam Zafari is a 20-year-old Iranian American from Atlanta studying social entrepreneurship and creative writing at Emory University. He is especially interested in designing impactful solutions in the fields of healthcare and education. At 18,
Iranian Americans in Maryland Unite to Support Jamie Raskin for U.S. Congress
WASHINGTON – On July 22, 2016, Iranian Americans from the Washington metropolitan area gathered to support state Sen. Jamie Raskin’s campaign for U.S. Congress. The event was organized by and held at the home of
PAAIA Commissions Report to Strengthen Compliance on the Iran Nuclear Deal
WASHINGTON – Marking the one-year anniversary of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA) has commissioned Global Impact Strategies (giStrat) to conduct a scientific report on the
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.