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WASHINGTON – Today, President Trump enacted an executive order temporarily banning nationals from Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, and Iran, from entering the United States. The measure prohibits immigrant […]...
WASHINGTON – According to multiple sources, President Trump plans to issue an executive order temporarily banning nationals from several Muslim-majority countries, including Iran, from entering the United States. The Public Affairs Alliance of [&hel...
WASHINGTON – According to a bipartisan survey from the University of Maryland’s Program for Public Consultation (PPC), approximately two thirds of Americans oppose withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal. The […]...
WASHINGTON – Today, the Obama administration announced that it would dismantle the regulatory framework behind the dormant National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS). Created in the wake of September 11, 2001, NSEERS required [&hellip...
SILICON VALLEY, Calif. – Gisue Hariri and Mojgan Hariri were born in Iran, and they came to the United States to pursue higher education. After graduating from Cornell University School of Architecture, they established […]...
Atlanta, GA – The Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA) recently had the opportunity to interview former NexGen board member Amir Farokhi about his campaign for Atlanta City Council. The election, which […]...
WASHINGTON – Last week, the United States Senate passed a clean 10-year extension of the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA), sending the bill to the White House for President Obama’s signature. Originally […]...
WASHINGTON – On December 2nd, House Democrats wrote a letter calling on President Obama to permanently dismantle the regulatory framework behind the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS) before his administration […]...
SILICON VALLEY, Calif. – Dr. Cumrun Vafa, an Iranian American string theorist at Harvard University, received a Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics at the Silicon Valley award ceremony on December 5th. […]...
WASHINGTON – Today, the Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA) joined a coalition of advocacy, civil rights, and inter-faith organizations who wrote a letter urging President Obama to rescind the […]...