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...
Astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli Speaks at Press Briefing Before Spaceflight Training
By Julie Ershadi
The first Iranian-American to be selected to serve as a NASA astronaut recently reported for duty at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas where she spoke at a livestreamed press conference.
Jasmin...
Elderly Iranians Feel At Home At Noor Active Living in Santa Clara
By Julie Ershadi
Mahin Afkhami worked for an affiliate of Iran's information and tourism ministry in the 1970s when the Revolution broke out. She and her husband, who had four children studying at universities in...
Persian Women in Tech Have Their First Pow-Wow in L.A.
By Fred Parvaneh
Persian Women in Tech (PWIT) – a non-profit that represents successful women of Iranian descent with a background in science, technology, engineering and mathematics – had its first Los Angeles meet-and-greet earlier...
Iranian-Born Winemakers Run All-Natural Vineyard in Oregon
By Julie Ershadi
The Momtazi family own and operate the Maysara Winery and Momtazi Vineyards in the town of McMinnville, located in Oregon’s lush wine country. Moe Momtazi and his wife Flora left Iran in...
The Extraordinary Life of Maryam Mirzakhani, ‘Queen of Mathematics’
By Roshanak Asteraky
The pioneering mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani – the first woman and Iranian to be awarded the Fields Medal, mathematics's highest honor – died on July 14 at the age of 40.
Nicknamed the "Queen...
Tens of Thousands Unveil Cyrus-Inspired Freedom Sculpture in L.A.
Report by Julie Ershadi and video by Shahin Shafaei
Some 75,000 celebrants gathered in the heart of Los Angeles on the 4th of July to witness the unveiling of the largest symbolic gift that Iranian-Americans...
Iranzamin School Co-Founder Mary Ann Irvine Passes Away
By Fred Parvaneh
To a generation of schoolchildren who grew up in pre-revolutionary Iran, J. Richard and Mary Ann Irvine are living legends. The American-born couple, who established Iranzamin (Tehran International School) in 1967 after
To a generation of schoolchildren who grew up in pre-revolutionary Iran, J. Richard and Mary Ann Irvine are living legends. The American-born couple, who established Iranzamin (Tehran International School) in 1967 after
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 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, the highly regarded historian Emineh Pakravan, who wrote Le Prince Sans Histoire (Prix Rivarol, 1951).
