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Iranian-American Friendship Action (IAFA) - First Party, February 1998![]() About one hundred and fifty people attended the first IAFA party in Austin Texas where almost fifty of them were American. The audience were welcomed at the door, then were given a name tag, and escorted to the dinner table. After an hour of socializing and eating and drinking. Dr, Ali Poursepanj, founder of IAFA welcomed every one and mentioned that this party is about celebration of human diversity and global community and outlined the format of the rest of the evening. First Dr Fatehi, a Math professor at the South West Texas University
gave the audience general information
about Iran. Dr Fatehi is also president of
Iranian Cultural Community
of Austin. Then Dr Saeid kazeminejad,
president of
Association of Iranian Professional of Austin, talked about his
organization and its activities. Next,
Miss Parisa Fatehi, president of
Iranian student organization at the
University of Texas at Austin talked about
their activities at the university. Then, Professor Ali Jazayeri, a
professor of linguistic at the University of Texas at Austin talked
The interesting thing about the party was that all the work was done by volunteers. They all did an excellent job to make this happen. All the volunteers, about 20 people, did the work for something that was bigger than themselves, a goal that they all shared. The spirit was great and there was an atmosphere of friendship and joy during the entire party. The Americans who attended the party had been invited from various communities in Austin.
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