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PAAIA is sad to announce the passing of Dr. Ali Javan. A respected and accomplished Iranian American physicist, Javan was a professor emeritus of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of […]...
Irvine, CA – PAAIA recently interviewed Sean Panahi, an attorney and Democratic nominee for California’s 68th State Assembly district. The State Assembly is the lower house in California, which makes […]...
WASHINGTON – PAAIA was recently honored with a Telly Award for an advertisement produced with Savannah Communications, advocating for diplomatic efforts and the Iran Nuclear Agreement. The advertisement was released […]...
PAAIA interviewed Dr. Arash Alaei and Dr. Kamiar Alaei to discuss their imprisonment in Iran, their ambitions to provide medical education to displaced Syrian refugee students, as well as their […]...
Rostam Zafari is a 20-year-old Iranian American from Atlanta studying social entrepreneurship and creative writing at Emory University. He is especially interested in designing impactful solutions in the fields of […]...
WASHINGTON – Iranian Americans from the Washington metropolitan area gathered to support state Sen. Jamie Raskin’s campaign for U.S. Congress. The event was organized by and held at the home […]...
PAAIA congratulates Cyrus Habib on his historic primary election victory. SEATTLE – State Sen. Cyrus Habib (D-WA) today announced his victory in Tuesday’s crowded primary election for Washington State Lieutenant […]...
WASHINGTON – On July 14, 2016, the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations held a hearing to discuss the one-year anniversary of the Iran Nuclear Agreement (JCPOA) and its […]...
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – Fred Ameri, who has had an exceptional record of civic involvement over the past several decades in Orange County, recently kicked-off his campaign for Newport Beach […]...
October 1, 2016, SILICON VALLEY, Calif. – IA-100, an organization with a variety of initiatives benefitting the Iranian American community and the nation at large, successfully hosted a retreat and […]...