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The Iranian Studies Group has joined the U.S. Census Bureau’s Partnership Program in order to promote the Census in the Iranian/Persian Community.

In 2010, the U.S. census will define different dimensions of the American nation. Taken every 10 years, the census affects political representation and directs the allocation of billions of dollars in government funding. As a 2010 Census partner, organizations can educate their community about the importance of participating in this historic event and help ensure no one is left uncounted. For more information about 2010 Census click here.

According to the previous Census in 2000, the population of Iranian-American community is about 330,000 (click here for more info). Many believe that this is an underestimate. Therefore, in order to obtain an accurate estimate, a greater participation of Iranian-American community is required.



Other Iranian-American organization partnered with 2010 Census:


Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans PAAIA

The National Iranian American Council NIAC

April 11, 2009
Audio & Video files, for the Past ISG's Lectures are Available. Please click on the Link Above "Lecture Series", and find the Corresponding Lecture to reach those files.
● ISG's Past Lecture:
Speaker: Professor Sekandar Amanolahi
Date: Wednesday August 6th, 2008, 7-8:30 PM
   

Speaker: Professor Sekandar Amanolahi
Date: July 24, 2008
   


Research Projects
The aim of this project is to analyze the return intentions of Iranian skilled individuals in the hope of providing some insights into possible factors that may be important in explaining Iranian skilled individual's non-return. A survey is designed in order to collect information on background characteristics, return intentions and various factors affecting the return intentions of Iranian professionals and students residing abroad.
Project Manager: Salome Siavoshi :: full document


● Publication
● Publication Date
April 2008

In 2005, the Iranian Studies Group at MIT undertook a comprehensive survey of ranian-American community characteristics to better understand what it means to be Iranian-American. In this report, we present the variables used in the analysis, their statistics, and their correlation table. Afterwards, we focus on a few interesting questions regarding the characteristics of the Iranian American community, in particular, child education patterns