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January General Meeting - 2026

  • 28-Jan-2026
  • 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Sufi Restaurant

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  • There is a $10 entrance fee for AIAP non-members. To get more information about AIAP and membership, please check www.aiap.org.

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Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Time: 6:30 - 9:00 pm

Location: Sufi Mediterranean Restaurant, 5915 Balboa Ave, SD, CA 92111

Registration required: free for members, $10 for non-members.

Short Presenter: Dr. Jamshid Maramkhah

Topic: Folk reed (نی) music of Iran

About Presenter:


Dr. Jamshid Maramkhah is a musicologist who is born and raised in Iran and immigrated to US in 2014. He studied music at Tehran University with emphasis on ethnomusicology. He plays numerous folks wind instruments from various part of Iran.


Language: Farsi

Main Presenter: Dr. Mehrzad Boroujerdi

Topic: Who Holds Power in Iran? After the Israeli Attack


The Israeli response to Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack, followed by a twelve-day war with Iran, is reshaping the geopolitical landscape of the Middle East. Within Iran, the cumulative pressures of war—compounding long-standing social, economic, and political strains—have exposed new vulnerabilities in the Islamic Republic. This talk examines how power is currently structured inside Iran at a moment of heightened external confrontation and internal stress. Where does real authority now reside? How resilient is the system of governance, and what are the prospects for leadership succession or internal fracture? Finally, the presentation explores how Iran’s ruling elite is likely to manage these overlapping crises and what this moment may reveal about the future trajectory of the Iranian state.


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Language: Farsi

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