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Yesterday, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Bob Corker (R-TN), the Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced a bipartisan resolution condemning recent terror attacks in […]...
Washington, DC – On June 5th, the Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA) and the Iranian American Bar Association (IABA) held a panel discussion with the American Civil Liberties […]...
The Ansari Fellowship Program, a PAAIA initiative, is excited to announce its inaugural year recipients as Arianna Zoghi and Parisa Pirooz. The Ansari Fellowship was founded to support young Iranian-Americans […]...
Today, ISIS claimed responsibility for an attack in Tehran, Iran which left 12 Iranians dead and 42 wounded. PAAIA was deeply disheartened to learn of this […]...
PAAIA’s 2017 Capitol Hill Days were a huge success! During the week of May 22nd, 2017, PAAIA’s IA-100 members met with over seventeen Congressional leaders from both sides of the […]...
Today, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) made amendments to two problematic provisions of the Countering Iran’s Destabilizing Activities Act of 2017 (S.722). Over the course of the last few days, […]...
Statement on the Countering Iran’s Destabilizing Activities Act of 2017: The Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA) is concerned that the Countering Iran’s Destabilizing Activities Act of 2017 (S.722) […]...
The Freedom Sculpture A gift from the Iranian American Community, the Freedom Sculpture is truly a reflection of the values of tolerance, freedom, and appreciation of diversity July 4th, 2017 The Freedom Sculpture, […]...
Washington, DC – Recently, the Trump Administration proposed stricter vetting procedures, including investigating social media profiles, to keep visa applicants who warrant additional scrutiny “in-connection-with terrorism or other national security-relat...
On May 13th, 2017 nine highly accomplished Iranian Americans, including IA-100 member Mohammed Farzaneh, were awarded the 2017 Ellis Island Medal of Honor for outstanding achievement in their personal and […]...