Astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli To Be Spacecraft Commander of 2023 NASA SpaceX Mission
By Nazanine Nouri
On March 24, NASA and the European Space Agency announced the selection of two astronauts to launch on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station: NASA’s Jasmin Moghbeli as the...
Santa Monica Reunion Draws Alumni of Iranzamin, Community School
By Fred Parvaneh
On the first weekend in April, alumni of two major international schools in pre-revolutionary Tehran -- Iranzamin Tehran International School and Community School -- gathered at the Lowes Hotel in Santa Monica,...
Meet Iranian-Jewish Standup Comedian and Harvard Fellow Noam Shuster-Eliassi
By Tim Cornwell
Did you hear the one about Harvard University giving a grant to an Iranian-Jewish comedian to make a one-woman show in the name of bringing peace to the Middle East?
Noam Shuster-Eliassi’s working...
Struggling to Learn or Teach Farsi? Mona Kiani’s ‘Finglisi’ Books Could Be The Solution
Mona Kiani, an Iranian-Australian who wanted her young son to learn Persian, has written the "Englisi Farsi User Guide", a book for children that avoids the need to master the Persian alphabet.
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...
Bijan Saffari, Shiraz Festival’s Former Artistic Director, Remembered in Paris Exhibition
By Nazanine Nouri
An exhibition in memory of the late Iranian avant-garde artist, architect and artistic director Bijan Saffari -- who passed away on April 29, 2019 -- was held earlier this month at the...
‘Superabundantly Talented’ Author Ottessa Moshfegh Releases New Book
By Nazanine Nouri
Ottessa Moshfegh is an award-winning American author and novelist of Iranian descent who has published four books to great critical acclaim since 2014. Her latest -- "Death in Her Hands," described as...
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...
Inside the Trump White House: Iranian-American Makan Delrahim is Deputy Counsel to the President
By Peyman Pejman
The Iranian-American community’s contributions to the United States are extensive and varied. From science and the arts to economics and diplomacy, untold numbers of Iranian-Americans have made their mark. Yet perhaps none has ever held a White House position as high as Makan Delrahim.
The Iranian-American community’s contributions to the United States are extensive and varied. From science and the arts to economics and diplomacy, untold numbers of Iranian-Americans have made their mark. Yet perhaps none has ever held a White House position as high as Makan Delrahim.
Iranian-American NASA Engineer Firouz Naderi Stars at iBridge Conference, Talks About Mars
By Peyman Pejman
Hundreds of entrepreneurs, scientists, and hi-tech startup executives of Iranian descent – many of them Iranian-Americans – attended the third iBridge conference in Barcelona from December 8 to 10. The gathering, which brings together representatives from such major technology brands as Google, Snapchat, 500 Startups, Yandex, Intel and Plug and Play, is, according to the organizers, an opportunity to
Hundreds of entrepreneurs, scientists, and hi-tech startup executives of Iranian descent – many of them Iranian-Americans – attended the third iBridge conference in Barcelona from December 8 to 10. The gathering, which brings together representatives from such major technology brands as Google, Snapchat, 500 Startups, Yandex, Intel and Plug and Play, is, according to the organizers, an opportunity to
