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Meet Shahram Hadian - Candidate for Washington State House of
Representatives
By PAAIA Government Affairs Office
July 13, 2010, Washington D.C. -- PAAIA and its connected PAC, the
Iranian American Political Action Committee, recently had the
opportunity to speak with Shahram Hadian (R) and discuss his campaign
for Washington State House of Representatives in the 44th District,
Position 1. The Washington House of Representatives is the lower
chamber of the Washington State Legislature and is composed of 98
Representatives from 49 districts, each of which elects two members.
If successful, Hadian would be the first Iranian American elected to
the Washington State Legislature.
Click here to read more.
Siah Armajani, Iranian American Sculptor, Named McKnight 2010
Distinguished Artist
Source: Philanthropy News Digest
Now in its thirteenth year, the McKnight Distinguished Artist program
recognizes individual Minnesota artists who have made significant
contributions to the quality of the state's cultural life and includes
a $50,000 cash prize. Armajani, who moved to the United States from
Iran in 1960, is best known around the world for his public art and
sculptures that reflect on American democracy, reference environmental
contexts and architecture, and pay homage to leading poets,
philosophers, and thinkers.
Armajani has exhibited at top venues like the Museum of Modern Art and
Guggenheim Museum in New York City, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam,
the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C., the Museo Nacional Centro de
Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid, the Tate in London, and the thirty-ninth
Venice Biennale.
"Siah Armajani is one of Minnesota's great assets, an ambassador
to the world," said McKnight Foundation president Kate Wolford.
"One fundamental role of great art is to help us interpret and
understand our world. Never shying away from reality as he sees it,
Siah shines a spotlight on life's challenges and inequities. He unites
humankind's hardest truths with the optimism that we can do better if
we acknowledge and understand the bridges that brought us here."
Clicke here to read more.
New U.S. Sanctions on Iran Prohibit Importing Persian Pistachios,
Carpets, and Caviar
July 12, 2010, Washington, D.C. -- IABA released a report on the
Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of
2010 last week. The legislation, which was overwhelmingly approved by
Congress on June 24th and signed by President Obama on July 1st,
imposes an array of tough new economic penalties against Iran.
Click here to read more
Coming Soon from PAAIA!
More from Erich Ferrari, an expert on U.S. economic sanctions programs,
on what we need to know about the US sanctions on Iran. His report on
haveleh was published in the June 24 issue of the PAAIA Newsletter.
PAAIA is focused on domestic U.S. affairs that relate to Iranian
Americans. We will continue to commission and share reports about any
laws and regulations, the U.S. sanctions against Iran included, that
may impact the community.
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Reflections from theWhite House
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Karen Ostad Elected as the First Female President of IABA
Iranian-American Summer Camp Builds Lasting Ties
Negin Farsad: Driven to Be Funny
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