ANALYSIS: Exclusive Interview with an Afghan Member of the Quds Force
April 18, 2015 Four years have passed since the war in Syria began. Although the Islamic Republic of Iran first denied the involvement of its forces in the conflict; footprints pointed to the the direct...
PROFILE: Venice Festival Awardwinner Shahram Mokri Makes Film About Cinema Fire
By Nazanine Nouri
This year’s Venice Film Festival gave a prestigious award to the Iranian director Shahram Mokri: He won the best original screenplay award in the festival’s parallel ‘Orizzonti’ section for his latest film,...
Fighting the Visa Ban, PAAIA Takes the Trump Administration to Court
By Peyman Pejman
The Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans, a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., was one of four groups involved in a recent lawsuit challenging the new U.S. administration’s travel ban against citizens of seven countries including Iran. The ban has now been put on ice thanks to a ruling by the Federal Appeals 9th Circuit Court.
The Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans, a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., was one of four groups involved in a recent lawsuit challenging the new U.S. administration’s travel ban against citizens of seven countries including Iran. The ban has now been put on ice thanks to a ruling by the Federal Appeals 9th Circuit Court.
Author Saïdeh Pakravan Evokes Iran, the Art World In Her Books
By Darius Kadivar
Saïdeh Pakravan, the award-winning fiction and non-fiction author, was born in Iran to a French-speaking family that included generations of successful diplomats and high-ranking bureaucrats. She is the granddaughter of another Iranian author,...
Author Nazila Fathi Releases New Books, Aims to Educate Children of Iranian Diaspora
By Firouzeh Ramezanzadeh
Nazila Fathi is an Iranian-American author and a former reporter for The New York Times. Born in Tehran in 1970, she emigrated to Canada and then the U.S. after the controversial 2009...
All About Nowruz: The Persian New Year
Nowruz marks the start of a New Year for over 300 million people around the world –foremost among them the people of Iran, for whom it is the most important festive occasion of the...
Iranian-American Maral Milani Plays Aspiring Yemeni Scientist In Play
By Fred Parvaneh
After four weeks of sold-out performances at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles, “Paradise” -- a play written by Laura Maria Censabella and co-produced by Oscar-winning actress Viola Davis -- recently ended...
EXCLUSIVE: Interview With HIV Sufferer In AIDS-Afflicted Southwestern Iranian Village
By Roshanak Astaraki
Residents of Chenare Mahmudi village, in the southwestern province of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, have accused a health care worker at the local medical center of infecting hundreds of people with HIV by...
A Woman Reporter in 1970s Iran: Interview with Mansoureh Pirnia
By Azadeh Karimi and Ali Eshtyagh
Mansoureh Pirnia is one of Iran’s pioneering journalists and most well-known writers. During her career as a journalist in Iran, more than 1,500 Pirnia interviews, articles and commentaries in...
Iraj Mesbahzadeh Dies in Houston
November 03, 2016 Iraj Mesbahzadeh passed away on November 3, 2016 in MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.
Iraj was born in Tehran, Iran in 1947. He was the eldest son of Dr. Mostafa Mesbahzadeh,...
