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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 […]...
Iranian American Filmmaker Debuts Short Film at SLAMDANCE 2009 January 14, 2009 Written and directed by Iranian American filmmaker Ana Lily Amirpour, Six and a Half takes us on vivid […]...
Iranian American Student, Esha Momeni, Banned From Leaving Iran January 14, 2009 Iran has renewed a travel ban on an Iranian American student, Esha Momeni, who was detained last year […]...
Iranian American Ranked 24th in TIME’s Best Inventions of 2008 List January 14, 2009 Ranked 24th on TIME’s Best Inventions of 2008 list, the University of Washington’s Babak Parviz has […]...
Merrill Lynch to Pay $1.55 Million for Job Bias Against Former Iranian Worker January 08, 2009 NEWS RELEASE by The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) December 31, 2008 […]...
Massoume Price’s Ancient Iran Receives Moonbeam Children’s Book Award January 08, 2009 Massoume Price’s Ancient Iran was honored with a bronze medal from the Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards as one […]...
Rice University’s Farinaz Koushanfar named to MIT Technology Review’s TR35 December 19, 2008 Rice University’s Farinaz Koushanfar named to MIT Technology Review’s TR35 ...
Foundation for the Children of Iran Successfully Completes Treatment for Newest Heart Patient December 12, 2008 The Foundation for the Children of Iran Successfully Completes Treatment for Newest […]...
Pictures of You: Images from Iran December 10, 2008 Tom Loughlin is a Colorado-based artist whose portraits of Iranians in Iran are being shown in a groundbreaking and thought-provoking […]...
State Department Launches Social-Networking Site, Headed by Goli Ameri December 04, 2008 The State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, headed by Iranian-American Goli Ameri, has launched the first […]...