About Us

Iranian.com is a community site for the Iranian diaspora -- the Iranian expatriates who care about their identity, culture, music, history, politics, literature and each other, as well as friends and family living in Iran.

While registered members of Iranian.com come from all over the world, most readers are in North America (65%), Europe (18%), Oceana (7%) and the bulk of the remainder in south and southwest Asia. The site has been blocked by most Internet providers in Iran.

Iranian.com was born in July 1995 in New York City. Founder/publisher Jahanshah Javid's objective was to provide a free forum for the introduction, exchange and collection of ideas, stories, images and music related to Iran and Iranians.

We hope the new-and-improved Iranian.com will become a greater community resource.

Jahanshah Javid, PUBLISHER
Born in Abadan, Iran, Javid began his journalism career as a translator for the Iranian state news agency IRNA in 1981. His experience spans the print media to television and radio, including serving as the BBC Persian Service Correspondent in Washington, DC. Jahanshah has a B.A. in Communications and Media Studies from Hunter College in New York City. He recently moved from the San Francisco Bay Area where he lived for more than ten years and is currently traveling.

Bianca Zahrai, Esq. BUSINESS MANAGER
Bianca is currently an ERISA and Employee Benefits Consultant and Lecturer. She has written extensively on ERISA and retirement matters and is a frequent contributor to various publications. She served as the Chief Financial Officer at International Alliance in Service and Education in the San Francisco Bay Area from 2000-2008. She holds a Juris Doctorate degree from Thomas Jefferson School of Law, a Masters of Arts in International Relations and Public Policy and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Legal Studies from University of California, Berkeley.

Foaad Khosmood, CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER
Based in Northern California, Foaad is a veteran software engineer and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Science. He's also a writer, peace organizer and a former campaign manager. He serves on the US Board of Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII).

Ardalan Payvar, GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Based in San Francisco, CA, Ardalan is a designer/art director at Tact Design (founded by Ardalan in 2000) providing services ranging from logo and identity design to websites and promotional collateral. He has also co-founded (with Shadi Yousefian) a video production company specializing in music videos.