Media dupes lump entire Iranian-American community in with MEK
As Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke at the United Nations, a large rally took place near the United Nations building. This participants were described as “Anti-Ahmadinejad protesters” (AFP), “anti-Iranian regime protesters” (CNN), merely “protesters” (NY Daily News, USA Today), “sponsored by groups including the Association of Iranian-Americans in New York & New Jersey” (CBSNewYork), and […]
Meet one of the Iranian American Delegates at the Democratic National Convention
Emily Blout and Sara Shokravi covered the DNC for NIAC all week from Denver, but it was Sima Sarrafan who represented the Iranian American community on the floor of the convention as a DNC delegate from Washington State. Ms. Sarrafan represents the newly invigorated interest in political participation here the United States as a new […]
Rochester’s 200 Iranian Americans
Last night I had the pleasure of sitting down with about ten IAs at a restaurant in Rochester, MN. The town of 99,000+, the third largest in Minnesota, is home of the renowned Mayo Clinic medical facility (treating the likes of George HW Bush, Henry Kissinger, Jalal Talibani, and King Hussein of Jordan), which employs […]
Of Open Bars and McCain’s Outreach efforts to the IA community
So as you would have guessed, it’s not all serious panels and speeches at these political conventions. Just like the Democrats in Denver, the Republicans know how to let loose and have a lot of fun – with a characteristic penchant for spending money freely. Of the many sights and sounds one takes in […]