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.
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...
Interview-Big Three Oil States Can Offset Fall in Iran Supplies: Perry
By Christian Lowe
MOSCOW, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia, the United States and Russia can between them raise global output in the next 18 months to compensate for falling oil supplies from Iran and...
Women’s Rights & Sexuality in Revolutionary Iran: Interview with Novelist Ingrid Leksand
By Nazenin Ansari
Born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1960, Ingrid Leksand (not the author's real name) moved to the UK with her family when she was five years old. Her father was an engineer whose...
EXCLUSIVE: Kayhan Life Interview with Reza Pahlavi
4 Jan - In a few short months, the Iranian regime will mark the 40th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. For the last year, a nationwide campaign of peaceful civil disobedience has spread...
Black Lives Matter: Iranian-African-American Yara Shahidi Joins Campaign to Defund Police
By Nazanine Nouri
Yara Shahidi is a 20-year-old Iranian-African-American actor, model and activist who is currently a student of Harvard University. Together with celebrities such as John Legend, Jane Fonda, Natalie Portman, Lizzo, and Taraji...
Iranian Wrestler Reza Abedi, Who Defected in 1982, to Join U.S. Hall of Fame
By Fred Parveneh
On April 15th, Reza Abedi – one of four wrestlers who defected from Iran to the West in 1982 – will be inducted into the California chapter of the U.S. National Wrestling...
Three Iranian Women Researchers Recognized by Asian Science Association
The Association of Academies and Societies of Sciences in Asia (AASSA) has distinguished three Iranian women researchers -- Dr. Tahereh Kaghazchi, Dr. Zahra Emamjomeh and Dr. Mahshid Firouzi -- in its 2018 report, “Profiles...
US’s 1988 Downing of Iran Air Flight Inspires Acclaimed Novel By Kaveh Akbar
By Nazanine Nouri
The critically acclaimed Iranian-American poet Kaveh Akbar has just released his debut novel “Martyr” — the story of a young man who mourns the death of his mother in the accidental U.S. ...
Veteran Reporter Safa Haeri Dies in Exile
October 10, 2016 Muhammad Safa Haeri, professionally known only as Safa Haeri, has just passed away in exile in Paris, aged 79. He was one of the best-known members of a second generation of Iranians...
