Meet Shahram Hadian - Candidate for Washington State House of Representatives
By PAAIA Government Affairs Office
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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.
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Siah Armajani, Iranian American Sculptor, Named McKnight 2010 Distinguished Artist
Source: Philanthropy News Digest
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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."
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New U.S. Sanctions on Iran Prohibit Importing Persian Pistachios, Carpets, and Caviar
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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.
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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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