Public_Affairs_Alliance_of_Iranian_Americans
The Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans, acronym : PAAIA (Persian: پایا, romanized: Pāyā), Inc., is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, nonreligious membership organization that aims to "serve the domestic interests of Iranian Americans and represent the community before U.S. policymakers and the American public at large."[1] PAAIA Inc. and its affiliated 501(c)(3) organization, PAAIA Fund, were founded by a group of Iranian-Americans. The term PAAIA, however, is used to refer to both entities without distinction.[1]
PAAIA also has a connected Political Action Committee, IAPAC, that promotes and contributes to the election of Iranian-American and American candidates for political office.[1]