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May 8, 2015, Washington, D.C. – Like much of the world, Iranian Americans have followed the Iran nuclear negotiations and ensuing developments with great interest. The PAAIA Public Policy Center is […]...
May 7, 2015, Washington, D.C. – Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter today to President Barack Obama, expressing support for diplomatic efforts to curtail Iran’s […]...
May 7, 2015, Los Angeles, CA – In a ruling issued on April 23rd, U.S. District Judge George Wu rejected a motion by the federal government to dismiss Iranian American […]...
May 6, 2015, Washington, D.C. – On April 29, 2015, Congressman Dan Kildee (D-MI-5) introduced a resolution calling on the Iranian government to immediately release all U.S. citizens detained in […]...
April 30, 2015, Washington, D.C. – In 2013, Sally Salari applied to the PAAIA Mentorship Program and was matched with Dr. Kaveh Alizadeh – a renowned New York plastic surgeon […]...
April 22, 2015, Washington, D.C. – On Monday, April 20th, the U.S. Institute of Peace in conjunction with eight prominent think tanks held a panel discussion entitled, Deal or No […]...
By Kian Sani and Cameron Khansarinia April 20, 2015, Cambridge – Presented by the Harvard College Iranian Association (HCIA) and the Harvard Law Middle East Law Students Association in collaboration […]...
April 16, 2015, Washington, D.C. – On April 9th, the Washington State Senate passed a Nowruz resolution introduced by Iranian American State Senator Cyrus Habib (D-48th) in honor of the […]...
April 22, 2015, Washington, D.C. – Jason Rezaian, an Iranian American correspondent at The Washington Post, is set to be tried on four charges including espionage by the Iranian court. If […]...
UPDATE: Senate Foreign Relations Committee today approved the Iran Nuclear Agreement Act of 2015 by a margin of 19 to 0. The legislation was amended under compromise agreement between Senate Foreign Relations Chairm...