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November 2, 2012, Washington, D.C. – The Iranian American Political Action Committee (IAPAC), the connected PAC of PAAIA, today announced the full list of candidates and party committees it has […]...
November 2, 2012, Washington D.C. – On October 25, 2012, Congressman Edward R. Royce (R-CA) contacted Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner urging them […]...
Maz Jobrani–comedian, actor and, in his words, “bald Persian”–is making a film!! The film will be called “Jimmy Vestvood, Amerikan Hero.” According to Jobrani, “It is basically a Middle Eastern […]...
October 25, 2012, Washington, D.C. – On October 22, 2012, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued an important revision of Iranian Transactions Regulations […]...
October 24, 2012, Washington D.C. – The Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA) today released its congressional scorecard for the 112th Congress, which informs the public as to where […]...
October 18, 2012, Washington, D.C. – The Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA) is pleased to announce that Nellie Kargar and Alen Takhsh have been selected as the new […]...
October 18, 2012, Washington, D.C. – There is a new Iranian American on Capitol Hill and his name is Darien Salehy. Darien who is the Fall recipient of PAAIA’s Capitol […]...
October 18, 2012, San Francisco, CA – On October 8, 2012, PAAIA members and friends from the San Francisco and Silicon Valley hosted an event in support of Cyrus Habib, […]...
October 18, 2012, Washington, D.C. – The result of this year’s U.S. presidential election will go to the heart of how the United States defines itself as a nation and […]...
On Friday, September 28, 2012, nearly 250 guests attended the Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA) Annual Gala at the West Lounge of the historic Metropolitan Club in New […]...