Partial Guest Lists

Iranian American Association (IACA) board members
Saba Shami, director of Arab-American Outreach for VA Governor Mark Warner
Nasrin Gross, member of Afghan Women Council
Elaine Sciolino, New York Times senior reporter and author of Persian Mirrors
Barbara Slavin, senior correspondent/Middle East expert for USA Today
Zohreh Eftekhari, Ph. D., psychologist in Washington, DC
Mehrdad Mashayekhi, sociologist, Ph.D., in Washington, DC
Iranian Child Foundation Board Members
Nader Majd, Musician/teacher/conductor for Iranian Classical Music
Simin Royanian, feminist activist/speaker on women’s issues
Babak Yektafar, C-SPAN producer
Fraydoon Batmanglidge, M.D., health author
Bahareh Sharghi, psychologist, Ph.D. in Washington, DC

Hamid Zangeneh, Ph.D., professor of economics, Widener University, Chester, PA
Allison Brown, immigration attorney
Sohrab Sobhani, political activist, candidate for Virginia Senate
Patrick Clawson, Middle East expert at Washington Institute for the Near East
Kazem Omidwar, NASA senior scientist
Nersi Zand, The Foundation for Iranian Children
Trita Parsi and Alex Patico, National Iranian American Council (NIAC)
Arya Eghbal, artist from Tehran
Fattaneh Dadkhah, stage photographer
Anita Sangi, first Iranian woman car racer
Bahman Aghai Diba, Ph.D., international law, consultant, economics/legal affairs
Afshin Molavi, author of Persian Pilgrimage: Travel Across Iran
Shahin and Sepehr, recording artists
Mike Amitay, Washington Kurdish Institute
Lailee Bakhtiar, author, poet, producer
Lowell Christy, Professor Graham Leonard, City of Minds
Sara Barzemehri, artist, Evolving Perception
Maryam Ovaisi, Art Curator
Mehrdad Valibaigi, Economist
Pari Malek, author of Persian cookbook
Charyl Kravitz, President of NCCJ, National Council for Community and Justice
Ali Amirrezvani, Physician, poet, New York city
Sam Kubba, political candidate for Congress, from Iraqi descent
Don Beyer Jr, Former VA Lieutenant Governor, National Treasurer for Howard Dean Campaign
Leslie Byrne, Former VA State Senator, Vice Chairperson for Howard Dean Campaign
Ingrid Morroy, Commissioner of Revenue, Arlington County, VA
Maria Afsharian, Assistant producer, NBC
Mehri M.Reid, Author, Artist: “Gourmrt Cooking Persian Style”
Reza Deghati, Photo- journalist, National Geographic photographer, Paris, Washington, DC
Shahin, “The Canvas”, Musician
Saman Arbabi, reporter, Voice of America
Guity Adjoodani, Pianist
Howard Lee, Author: “ Jamshid and the lost Mountain of Light”
Professor Mehdi Amirrazavi, author: “ Wine of Wisdom”, life, poetry and philosophy of Omar Khayyam.
Manouchehr Moshtagh Khorasani, author: “Arms and Armor from Iran” The bronze Age to the end of the Qajar period.

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