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Contact: Christy Setzer, [email protected] orAurora Matthews, [email protected], 301-221-7984 May 11, 2017 JUDGE STAYS CONSIDERATION OF PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION, ORDERS CASE TO MOVE FORWARD IN IRANIAN-AMERICAN ORGS CASE ...
Washington, DC – On May 4th, 2017, 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 […]...
New York, NY – Waterwell Theatre Company is undertaking a professional stage production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet set in 1917 Tehran, during the dawn of World War I. Performing Shakespeare’s words in both English and Farsi, Waterwell’s ada...
Washington, DC – On Friday, May 5th, the Atlantic Council hosted a panel discussion on the relevance of people-to-people exhanges between Iran and the United States during these times of […]...
Washington, DC – Today, the Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA), along with four other Iranian American organizations, sent a letter to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) supporting […]...
Support the MENA Checkbox! April 20th, 2016 Washington, DC – WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT! Help us create the MENA (Middle East/North Africa) category based on ethnicity on the U.S. Census and other federal […]...
PAAIA and IABA Testify in Federal Court Against Trump Travel Ban Executive Order April 19th, 2017 Washington, DC – On Tuesday, April 18th, PAAIA Executive Director, Leila Golestaneh Austin, and IABA […]...
When Iranian refugee Hasel Afshar returned home, he found hate-filled messages spray painted on surfaces in every room of the house. The Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA) is taking […]...
Meet Kia Hamadanchy – Candidate for U.S. Congress (CA-45th) Irvine, CA – The Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA) recently had the opportunity to interview Kia Hamadanchy to discuss his […]...
When Iranian refugee Hasel Afshar returned home, he found hate-filled messages spray painted on surfaces in every room of the house. Hate crimes are on the rise. We have recently […]...