Another Iranian Heritage Night was celebrated last month in honor of Steven Beitashour. We had interviewed Steven on Iranican Live’s latest radio show, and now reporting on the event, San Jose Earthquakes vs. Chicago Fire. Over 250 Iranians attended and the Earthquakes came back from a one-nill deficit to equalize[…]
Just as they did three years ago, the 300+ volunteer group of Iranians in Toronto raised the bar on what it means to showcase and celebrate the Iranian Culture outside of Iran this July 21 – 24, 2011. Among the record braking figures include a $700,000+ budget and the estimated 120,000 visitors.[…]
Iranican’s Maral Behnam interviews some of the Cast and Crew of Prince of Persia at Wondercon 2010 including Mike Newell, Jerry Buckhymer, and Jake Gyllenhaal. A few things that remained questions for us were the following: 1) Of all the inventions that Iran is credited for, why make a big[…]
About six months ago, Iranian Future Leaders (IFL) put together an unprecedented event for Iranian Americans at UCLA. Sponsored by PAAIA, the event featured six Iranian Americans which at this event were models of success for the youth. The event also featured about two dozen “VIP” guests which came through and walked[…]
The first “Iranian Heritage Night” was put together for Hamed Haddadi, the first Iranian-American basketball player in the NBA, (Center for the Memphis Grizzlies), playing against the Warriors at Oracle Arena. This is Part (2 of 2) where we interview Hamed Haddadi and Johnny Davis, Assistant Coach of the Grizzlies.[…]
The first “Iranian Heritage Night” was put together for Hamed Haddadi, the first Iranian-American basketball player in the NBA, (Center for the Memphis Grizzlies), playing against the Warriors at Oracle Arena. This event also featured Farshid Amin singing the national anthem as well as Niosha Dance Academy performing a pregame[…]
[flash http://www.iranican.com/videos/2008-10-28-Iranians-For-Obama.flv f={image=http://www.iranican.com/images/Iranians-For-Obama-Preview.png}] Iranican Reports on the only two Northern California Iranian-American organized campaign events for the 2008 General Elections. If you couldn’t already guess, they were both very blue! Exclusive Interviews with: Steve Westley – California Campaign Co-chair For the Obama Campaign, and Former State Controller of California Heather[…]
[flash http://www.iranican.com/videos/IranicanReports-Namjoo-SF-2.flv f={image=https://www.iranican.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/namjoo.jpg}] Iranican Reports on the first ever Mohsen Namjoo Concert in the US. More footage of the actual performance, pictures, and a comprehensive review is also available by Beyond Persia. Iranican also published an interview with Namjoo a few days before his concert, if you missed it, Here is a direct link.
[flash http://www.iranican.com/videos/IranicanReports-AxisOfFriendship2008-500kb.flv f={image=http://www.iranican.com/images/AofF1.jpg}] The day after September 11th, 2001, tens of thousands of Iranians gathered in Tehran to show their sympathy and solidarity with the victims of 9/11. Not everyone knows this fact. So a group of Iranian-Americans and Americans organized an event called ‘Axis of Friendship’ to make everyone[…]
[flash http://www.iranican.com/videos/IranicanReports-IransBasketballTeamSLC.flv f={image=http://www.iranican.com/images/IranicanReports-Basketball-Preview.jpg}] It’s Confirmed as of Aug 29th! There is no better news for Iranian Americans this week than having Hamed Hadadi play for the Memphis Grizzlies. What Iranians have never had in America is an iconic athlete who would be close, familiar, and respected by the American Families[…]