Culture - Iranians World-Wide

Iranian Expatriates

Iranians have contributed to many cultures world-wide throughout history. Here we want to acknowledge their contributions and provide inspiration to others. According to the 1999 census 59% of Iranian-Americans hold Bachelor degrees or above, and more than 27% hold graduate degrees, making them the highest educated minority group in the US. Iranian-Americans are the founders of some 280 major national firms, and the CEOs of more than 400 national companies, many of them among the Fortune 1,000 companies. The total contribution of Iranian-American community to the U.S. economy is estimated at more than $400 billion. PBS Online: Beyond the Veil - Iranians in the US   (1998) - website Who's Who Anousheh Ansari, Astronaut blog, website. Lily Afshar, Musician - website - CD Taraneh Hemani, Artist - website Persis Karim, Editor - email - books Bagher R. Harand, Activist - website MêDAD, Artist - website Parish Kohanim, Photographer, website. Nader Khalili, Architect - website - profile - Rumi book - News - National Geographic Organizations National Iranian American Council RAHMAT.ORG Iranian American Cultural Society Iranian American Medical Assn. Iranian American Professionals - Orange County Persian Watch Center - Iranian-American Anti-Discrimination Council American Institute of Iranian Studies The Society for Iranian Studies Iranian American Chamber of Commerce Children of Persia Persian Center (Berkeley, CA) * Email us information about someone or an organization you think should be on this page. Please include Name, Occupation, and a link for more information if they have a web page or email. We reserve the right to not include information we consider inappropriate for our web site. See Computer Section for Persian Blogs and other networking resources.