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• Social Gathering at The Del Mar Seaside Grill

  • When
    15-Jan-2026
  •  
    6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    1328 Camino Del Mar, Del Mar, CA 92014

  
  

  Please join us for our next Social Gathering at The Seaside Grill. 

  Invite your friends and join us for a great chance to socialize and unwind. 

  Thursday, January 15, 2026

  6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

  Address: 1328 Camino Del Mar, Del Mar, CA

  Phone: 

  (858) 461-1010

  
  

  Please email us at: admin@aiap.org, for more information.

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• January Hike at Potato Chip Trail in Poway

  • When
    18-Jan-2026
  •  
    7:30 AM
  • Location
    Potato Chip Trail

  AIAP’s January 2026 Hike

  Potato Chip Trail

  Sunday January 18, 2026

  The AIAP January Hike will be at Potato Chip Trail in Poway. For more information about this trail please visit here.

  
  

  Meeting Time & Location:

  We meet at Lake Poway by the picnic area at 7:15 AM and start promptly at 7:30 AM.

  Hike Details:

  This is a challenging 7.3-mile round-trip trail with rocky inclines and great views to the west and north. Along the way, we will see a variety of vegetation and landscapes. Near the top is a thin, rocky outcrop with photogenic views. 

  Important Reminders:

  Please note that non-Poway residents must pay a $10 parking fee to park at Lake Poway. Try to carpool or use outside parking.

  Please bring enough water, breakfast to share, water and wear comfortable hiking boots. 

  We will have breakfast at the end of the hike, in the picnic area.
  

  Note: AIAP does not assume any responsibility for the safety and security of hikers, and shall not be held liable for any accident, injury, loss of property or damages as a result of joining the hiking event set up by AIAP. All hikers join the hiking events at their free will and assume all the accidental dangers of a hiking event, and shall not hold AIAP liable for any bodily, financial, or property damages.

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• January General Meeting - 2026

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

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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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