{"id":5317,"date":"2026-07-10T16:21:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T16:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peykmagazine.com\/en\/?p=5317"},"modified":"2026-07-10T16:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T16:22:10","slug":"5317","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/peykmagazine.com\/en\/2026\/07\/10\/5317\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Meeting and Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"p2\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><b>38 Years of Service<br \/>\n<\/b><b><\/b><b>Annual Meeting and Election of Persian Cultural Center of San Diego<br \/>\n<\/b><b><\/b><b>May 17, 2026<\/b><\/span><b><\/b><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p5\">PCC\u2019s Annual General Assembly took place on May 17, 2026, at the Iranian School of San Diego (ISSD), located at Mt. Carmel High School in San Diego, California. At the assembly, the annual report was presented, followed by the election of the new board members.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">After calling the meeting to order, PCC\u2019s 2025-2026 president, Mahmoud Reza Pirouzian, reported last year\u2019s activities. Fariba Babakhani-Ghazi presented the financial report and Ali Sadr reported about ISSD and <i>Peyk<\/i> magazine. A summary of last year\u2019s activities is listed further below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5271\" src=\"http:\/\/peykmagazine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_5669.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"924\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"http:\/\/peykmagazine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_5669.jpg 924w, http:\/\/peykmagazine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_5669-515x212.jpg 515w, http:\/\/peykmagazine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_5669-768x316.jpg 768w, http:\/\/peykmagazine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_5669-600x247.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 924px) 100vw, 924px\" \/><br \/>\n<b style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">2025-2026 Board of Directors and Committee Assignments<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">PCC\u2019s board of directors and committee members for the past year were Mahmoud Reza Pirouzian (President), Sara Taghavi (Vice-President), Fariba Babakhani-Ghazi (Treasurer), Soheil Bigdeli (Secretary), Parnian Badii, Tayebeh Bahmani, Mercedeh Hashemi, Ali Pirouzian, Hamid Rafizadeh, Shahla Salah, Marshia (Sadeghi) Hashemi, Sara Alavi (Alternate), Mohammad Ayari (Alternate), Masoud Azmoodeh (Alternate), and Baharak Shademan (Alternate).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">The Advisory Board consisted of Shahri Estakhry, Saeed Jalali, and Shaghayegh Hanson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">The Board held twelve scheduled meetings in the past year and committees held meetings as needed. At its first meeting, the Board elected its Executive Committee and established the following committees:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><b>Executive Committee<\/b>: Mahmoud Reza Pirouzian, Sara Taghavi, Fariba Babkhani-Ghazi, Soheil Bigdeli, and Ali Sadr<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><b>Arts and Culture<\/b>: Soheil Bigdeli and Sara Taghavi (Chairs), Sara Alavi, Farshad Babakhani, Fariba Babakhani-Ghazi, Tayebeh Bahmani, Hossain Hajimowlana<b>,<\/b>\u00a0Marshia (Sadeghi) Hashemi, Shahrzad Julazadeh, Yasaman Nazari, Ali Pirouzian, Mahmoud Reza Pirouzian, Mojgan Poursadighi, Ali Sadr, Abdy Salimi, and Baharak Shademan<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><b>Membership<\/b>: Ali Pirouzian (Chair), Sara Alavi, Mohammad Ayari, Fariba Babakhani-Ghazi, Tayebeh Bahmani, Soheil Bigdeli, Shahrzad Julazadeh, Ali Sadr, Marshia (Sadeghi) Hashemi, and Sara Taghavi<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Public Relations<\/b>: Mahmoud Reza Pirouzian (Chair), Sara Alavi, Tayebeh Bahmani, Soheil Bigdeli, Hossain Hajimowlana, Shahrzad Julazadeh, Ali Pirouzian, Ali Sadr, Marshia (Sadeghi) Hashemi, Baharak Shademan, and Sara Taghavi <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><b>Grant and Finance: <\/b>Fariba Babakhani-Ghazi (Chair), Cheryl Encine, Shahrzad Julazadeh, Hamid Rafizadeh, and Shahla Salah<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><b>Fundraising and Nowruz<\/b>: Fariba Babakhani-Ghazi (Chair),\u00a0Sara Alavi, Nikoo Atefi, Mohammad Ayari, Farshad Babakhani, Parnian Badii, Hamid Beikzadeh, Farideh Fazel, Mercedeh Hashemi, Hamid Rafizadeh, Shahla Salah, Baharak Shademan, and Marshia (Sadeghi) Hashemi<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><b>PCC Charity<\/b>: Parnian Badii (Chair),\u00a0Nikoo Atefi, Fariba Babakhani-Ghazi, Mercedeh Hashemi, Shahrzad Julazadeh, Shahla Salah, and Venus Safaei<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><b>Education (ISSD)<\/b>: Ali Sadr (Chair),\u00a0Shahnaz Ahamadian, Fariba Babakhani-Ghazi, and Ali Pirouzian<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>Chaharshanbehsoori<\/b> <\/span><b>and Sizdahbedar<\/b>: Hamid Rafizadeh (Chair),\u00a0Hamid Beikzadeh, and Hamid Shaghaghi<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><b>Iranian American Center (IAC)<\/b>: Hamid Rafizadeh (Chair), Fariba Babakhani-Ghazi, Hamid Beikzadeh, Shahrzad Julazadeh, Ali Sadr, and Shahla Salah<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><b>PCC Youth<\/b>: Fariba Babakhani-Ghazi (Chair), Farideh Fazel, and Mercedeh Hashemi<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><b><i>Peyk<\/i><\/b><b>: <\/b>Ali Sadr (Chair), Saeed Jalali, Shahri Estakhry, Shahrzad Julazadeh, Ali Sahebalzamani, Rachel Tait, and Hooshyar Afsar<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><b>Governance:<\/b> Ali Sadr (Chair),\u00a0Fariba Babakhani-Ghazi, Shaghayegh Hanson, Mahmoud Reza Pirouzian, and Shahla Salah<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s3\"><b>Summary of Persian Cultural Center Events and Activities<\/b><b><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><b>During 2025-2026, PCC was active in organizing traditional celebrations and programs for the Iranian American community. PCC also collaborated with other organizations to reach out to the community at large. These events were held in-person, virtually, or both. <\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><b>PCC sponsored or co-sponsored the following programs:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p5\">Tasnifkhani with Kourosh Taghavi and Saeid Kamjou at IAC<\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\">Gelareh Sheibani concert at IAC<\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\">ISSD End of the Year Celebration<\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\">Screening \u201cSea Boys\u201d at IAC<\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Mehregan Celebration in collaboration with SDMA, \u201cSara Naeini &amp; Reza Rohani\u201d at SDMA<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Tasnifkhani with Kourosh Taghavi at IAC<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Hafez Day in San Diego in collaboration with the San Diego Central Library<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Motherland Concert with Shahdad Rohani and Roudaki Orchestra at Mandeville Auditorium <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">College Seminar by the PCC Youth Committee<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Collaboration with Shabakeh Hamkhan and Mosaic Magazine twice <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s4\">Screening \u201cThe Things You Kill\u201d in collaboration with the Digital Gym Cinema <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Tasnifkhani with Kourosh Taghavi at IAC<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p6\"><span class=\"s1\">Collaboration with Pacific Art Movement\u2019s Annual Asian Film Festival<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Yalda Celebration with Gelareh Sheibani at IAC<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Turkey Trot 5K Walks by the PCC Youth Committee<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s5\">Screening \u201cIt Was Just an Accident\u201d collaboration with the Digital Gym Cinema <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Persian Music Recital at IAC<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">ISSD Mehregan Celebration<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">ISSD Yalda Celebration<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Dokhtare Tarsa and Sheikh Sana\u2019an with Shadi Moeini Nejad &amp; Shahrokh Moshing Ghalam at IAC<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Two sessions of Sound &amp; Reiki for Iran at IAC <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Art Exhibition \u201cDialogue Across Different\u201d with Fereydoun Moezzi, Mehdi Baghaeian, and Andre Ghadesmian at IAC<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">A Vigil of Mourning and Solidarity for the People of Iran with AIAP and HOI at IAC<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Nowruz Preparation at the Iranian School of San Diego <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Presentation of haft-seen exhibits at seven San Diego Public Libraries<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">ISSD Nowruz Celebration at Lewis Middle School<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">PCC Nowruz Open House<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Making multiple announcements regarding Nowruz from KPBS radio and website<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Collaboration\u00a0with Pacific Art Movement in San Diego Asian Film Festival Annual Spring <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Showcase<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">ISSD Talent Show at IAC<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s5\">Screening \u201cCutting Through Rocks\u201d collaboration with the Digital Gym Cinema<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Collaboration with AIAP &amp; IABA about Law &amp; Life<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Food Drive by the PCC Youth Committee for the San Diego Food Bank twice a year<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\">Three Jong e Farhangi programs at IAC<\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\">Two Family Nights at IAC (first Friday of every quarter)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\">Seven Virtual One Poem, One Poet presentations (third Wednesday of the month)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\">Six Virtual and In-person Film and Discussion sessions (last Sunday of the month)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p5\"><b>Iranian School of San Diego: <\/b>The academic year 2025-2026 was ISSD\u2019s 38th year of operation. This year, ISSD had 317 students attending in-person and virtual classes. The in-person classes were on Sunday mornings. ISSD had a total of 22 classes in-person, which were separated into six levels, in addition to Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, and Persian classes for adults. Extracurricular classes such as Dance, Drawing, Theatre, and Music were offered as well. The school had three online classes this year, in which students from other parts of the country participated as well.<b> <\/b>ISSD is planning to establish a virtual platform and share information, teaching material, and experience with other Persian language schools around the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">ISSD\u2019s Persian language program is accredited by all local School Districts as well as WASC.<b> <\/b>This accreditation allows the high school students to meet their second language requirements by enrolling in Persian language courses at ISSD. ISSD\u2019s six Persian language textbooks designed for teaching Persian as a heritage language are being used in several Persian schools nationwide. Audio versions of the textbooks are also available. ISSD maintains an online presence through its website (issd.pccsd.org) and is also engaged on social media accounts such as Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">The school\u2019s Nowruz program was held on March 15, 2026, at Lewis Middle School. The End of the Year event and graduation for the Class of 2026 took place on May 31, 2026. <b> <\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><b>Persian Dance Academy: <\/b>The Persian Cultural Dance Academy, with a total of fifty-eight students, convened at ISSD every Sunday. The dance students performed at the PCC Nowruz event, ISSD Nowruz program, and the ISSD End of the Year program. In addition to the regular dance classes, a Persian dance class was held for adults.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><b>Iranian American Center (IAC):<\/b> The Iranian American Center typically hosts a variety of PCC events and other cultural activities for the Iranian community, including those for the Iranian American Scholarship Fund, and also classes and workshops in partnership with SDSU. The Center has a library with more than five thousand books.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><b><i>Peyk<\/i><\/b><b> Magazine: <\/b>For the past 35 years, <i>Peyk<\/i> has been one of our most successful outreach means. <i>Peyk<\/i> is PCC\u2019s bimonthly and bilingual cultural publication, mailed to thousands of subscribers in San Diego and other parts of the country. Typically, hundreds of copies of the magazine are also distributed throughout business and cultural centers in San Diego, Orange, and Los Angeles Counties; the Bay Area; Chicago; Washington, DC; Maryland; Dallas; Atlanta; and many other cities. <i>Peyk<\/i> is also available online at\u00a0<span class=\"s6\">peykmagazine.com<\/span>. This site offers interactivity, allowing readers to communicate directly and leave comments for the editorial board. Past issues of <i>Peyk<\/i> are accessible at the <i>Peyk<\/i> archive at<span class=\"s6\">\u00a0pccsd.org\/peyk<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><b>Grants &amp; Outreach Programs: <\/b>PCC continued its joint programs with local organizations such as City Libraries, San Diego Museum of Art, UCSD, Iranian American Scholarship Fund, House of Iran, Association of Iranian American Professionals, Iranian American Bar Association, Pacific Art Movement, Sheed Film, Dornab, Persian Cultural Center of Atlanta, San Diego Symphony, Conrad Perbys, and Racism Awareness Project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">PCC also worked with SDG&amp;E&#8217;s &#8220;Energy Solutions Partners&#8221; campaign.\u00a0As an &#8220;Energy Solutions Partner,&#8221; PCC joined other nonprofits and environmental groups in a collaborative effort to make all San Diego consumers aware of how they can save energy and money through energy efficiency. PCC was selected as a partner because of its ability to target a specific demographic and translate important emergency news alerts into Farsi, as necessary. Over the past year, the Persian Cultural Center successfully received grants from the City of San Diego\u00a0and the County of San Diego, Conrad Prebys Foundation, Persian Heritage Foundation, and San Diego Gas &amp; Electric.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><b>Membership<\/b>: The Persian Cultural Center continued advertising and extending the invitation to community members to join. Members get a special discount for PCC events. Moreover, PCC successfully maintained partnership with various Iranian businesses, securing continued discounts for its members.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><b>Public Relations<\/b>: Thousands of people all over the world viewed the Persian Cultural Center\u2019s website, <span class=\"s7\">www.pccsd.org<\/span>, Facebook, Instagram Page, Telegram, and YouTube Channel. PCC issues a weekly electronic newsletter that reaches thousands of community members. The PCC website provides quick access to <i>Peyk<\/i>, our ongoing programs and activities, as well as other cultural information and events. People can visit the website to explore PCC\u2019s numerous activities, renew their membership, and make tax-deductible contributions online. In the past year, several PCC events were featured on KPBS radio in San Diego, KIRN Radio Iran in Los Angeles, and the San Diego Arts and Sol website. These programs not only reached out to the Iranian American community but also attracted attendees from other communities to our highlighted programs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><b>The PCC Foundation\u2014A Charitable Organization:<\/b> In the past year, this organization has successfully provided financial, emotional, and practical support to a single mother with an infant, as well as to a refugee father and his young daughter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>Youth Committee: <\/b><\/span>The Youth Committee has been instrumental in supporting PCC\u2019s and ISSD\u2019s events. Some of the members are actively working as Teacher Assistants at ISSD. They have organized two food and toy drives on behalf of the San Diego Food Bank; provided free-of-charge tutoring for other students, particularly refugees; hosted an Informational Seminar about college applications; organized a hiking trip; and participated twice in a Creek to Bay clean-up.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5273 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/peykmagazine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_7764.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"488\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"http:\/\/peykmagazine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_7764.jpg 1109w, http:\/\/peykmagazine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_7764-515x243.jpg 515w, http:\/\/peykmagazine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_7764-768x362.jpg 768w, http:\/\/peykmagazine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_7764-600x283.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p7\"><b>**********<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><b>Special Note of Gratitude:<\/b> We would like to take this opportunity to thank the following board members who are leaving us. We are grateful for the time, energy, and talents they generously gave to PCC and our community. We look forward to having them back on the PCC Board again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">The following members have served their terms and are leaving the board: Sara Alavi, Mohammad Ayari, Masoud Azmoodeh, Parnian Badii, Tayebeh Bahmani, Mercedeh Hashemi, Mahmoud Reza Pirouzian, Hamid Rafizadeh, and Baharak Shademan. Except for Mahmoud Reza Pirouzian and Hamid Rafizadeh, who have served their two consecutive terms and are subject to \u201cterm limits,\u201d the others can run for re-election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">We are continually looking for volunteers to join our committees and subcommittees. Please step forward and GET INVOLVED with various groups to HELP US better serve the community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><b>2026 PCC Board of Directors Election:<\/b> After the Board of Directors\u2019 report, candidates to fill the vacancies on the Board introduced themselves and presented their plans for joining the Board. Ms. Lila Badiozamani (AIAP), Mr. Habib Hariri (HOA), Mr. Hossain Hajimowlana, and Mr. Hossain Ajideh observed the election, which was performed by secret ballot. After counting the ballots, including the absentees and electronic votes, the results were announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">The following were elected as voting members of the Board of Directors: Ali Sadr, Mercedeh Hashemi, Mohammad Ayari, Masoud Azmoodeh, and Parnian Badii. Tayebeh Bahmani, Farideh Rasouli Fazel, and Sara Alavi will serve as alternative board members. These members will serve along with the current board members: Fariba Babakhani, Soheil Bigdeli, Ali Pirouzian, Shahla Salah, and Sara Taghavi. The general assembly adjourned at 12:00 PM, May 31, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">The first meeting of the Board of Directors was held on June 11, 2026.\u00a0Subsequently, the Board elected members of the Executive Committee, who will serve PCC for one year:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p5\">President: Soheil Bigdeli<\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\">Vice President:\u00a0Sara Taghavi<\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\">Treasurer: Fariba Babakhani<\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\">Secretary: Ali Pirouzian<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p5\">Other members of the Board of Directors will be leading various committees such as Arts and Culture, Education, PCC Charity, Building, Grant and Finance, Fundraising and Nowruz, PR, PCC Youth, Chaharshanbehsoori &amp; Sizdahbedar, and Membership.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">If you are interested in joining any of the committees, please contact PCC by phone at (858) 552-9355 or email at pcc@pccsd.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>38 Years of Service Annual Meeting and Election of Persian Cultural Center of San Diego May 17, 2026 PCC\u2019s Annual General Assembly took place on May 17, 2026, at the Iranian School of San Diego (ISSD), located at Mt. 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