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San Francisco’s Human Rights Commission to Hold Public Hearing: Combating Employment Discrimination After 9/11 September 11, 2008 San Francisco Human Rights Commission Employment Advisory Committee will present a panel on […]...
Trips to Native Iran likely to Cost Robins Engineer His Job September 05, 2008 He’s been a U.S. citizen since 1987, a Defense Department employee for 20 years and an […]...
Iranian May Be Prevented from Signing onto the NBA due to Sanctions August 22, 2008 An Iranian player may be prevented from joining any of the NBA basketball teams interested […]...
Iranian American Amir Farokhi Runs for City Council August 22, 2008 Amir Farokhi, Iranian American native son of Atlanta, Georgia, is running for City Council Post 2 in Atlanta....
Forget Harvard-One of the World’s Best Undergraduate Colleges is in Iran August 14, 2008 In an August 12 article in Newsweek, Afshin Molavi wrote that one of the world’s greatest […]...
Iranian American Appointment on Capitol Hill August 06, 2008 Mercedes Salem spotlighted in July 26, 2008 issue of the National Journal by Gregg Sangillo and Winter Casey  Sat. Jul 26, […]...
Juror Dismissed for Ethnic Slur Against Iranian-American Executive August 06, 2008   U.S. District Judge Stephen Larson in Riverside on Monday denied a motion to declare a mistrial sought by […]...
MSNBC Today Shows Reports on Iranian Basketball Team Visiting US July 31, 2008 The Iranian National Basketball Team visits US to play exhibition games with American players on its way […]...
Child Foundation Issues Press Release July 30, 2008 The Child Foundation has issued a press release. It reads as follows:   “Press Release for Child Foundation July 23, 2008 Child […]...