Welcome to Peace Corps Iran Association!

PCIA will officially unincorporate and no longer be an active organization as of June 30th.  We are no longer accepting donations.

During April, May, and June we will hold the last Dooreh Book Club and publish the last KhabarNameh.  In addition, Iran RPCVs are encouraged to join NPCA’s Peace Corps Connect and then join the Iran RPCV group.

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No One Can ‘Win’, but Donald J. Trump Must Lose This War

By Paul Barker, Editor of PCIA Advocacy Bulletin

APRIL 7 SPECIAL EDITION

This edition of the Advocacy Bulletin coincides with the day that Donald J. Trump has promised to destroy all of the bridges, power plants and energy infrastructure of Iran. If he does, Iran can be expected to unleash its still significant reserves of drones and missiles against energy and other infrastructure in Israel and across most countries surrounding the Persian Gulf. The damage to all countries involved in the war will be devastating and long lasting.

Read the complete Advocacy Bulletin complete with links to late breaking news and commentary by clicking HERE.

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This War Must End

Special March 15 Advocacy Bulletin

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We are now entering the third week of the US-Israel war against Iran. If you consider the current fighting to be a continuation of the war which was launched in June 2025, we are now in the 9th month of the war. We cannot remain silent and still claim allegiance to our roots as volunteers who worked for global peace and understanding. This second Special Edition of the PCIA Advocacy Bulletin calls out and condemns the damage being inflicted on UNESCO world heritage sites in Iran, but is also mindful of the human suffering and economic and security losses being inflicted in countries between Iran and Israel. It suggests actions that peace activists can take to counter this disastrous war.

Read the complete issue by clicking HERE.

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Christopher Wurst, Producer & Host of SoftPower/FulStories,  recently interviewed Paul Barker about his experiences in Iran as a Peace Corps Volunteer and tourist. You can listen to this interesting interview at one of the following links.

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Statement on the US-Israel-Iran War

Board of Directors Peace Corps Iran Association

 March 4, 2026

Fifty years ago (between 1962 and 1976) we served as Peace Corps Volunteers in Iran.  We worked in Iranian schools and offices.  We lived in Iranian communities.  We earned salaries comparable to those of our Iranian counterparts.  We learned to speak Farsi and to appreciate the depths of Iranian friendship and hospitality.  Some of us even married Iranians.  Our love and appreciation of many things Iranian has endured over the decades.

We know enough history to know that our country has sometimes been a strong ally and sometimes a foolish enemy of Iranian national aspirations for a better life with dignity, freedom and prosperity.  We are pained to witness now some of the worst strands of that history repeated and amplified.  Our country has become the major party to a war of choice against Iran, launched in defiance of American laws and the US Constitution as well as international laws and structures.  The war is highly destabilizing to regional and likely global economic and political security.

We are deeply sympathetic to the aspirations of the Iranian people for a government that reflects the values animating recent anti-government demonstrations: Women’s rights, life and freedom (zan, zendigi, azadi).  We are also deeply aware of the limitations of American military power when it comes to affecting positive change in foreign societies.  We are mindful of the costs to international order when laws and conventions are willfully violated.  We know that it is easy to blow things up, and ever so complicated to create and build on solid foundations for a better future.

You can download a PDF version by  clicking HERE.

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Last PCIA Reunion and Conference

“Past Reflection and Future Vision”

To view conference videos , click HERE.

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2026 DOOREH KETAB BOOK CLUB SCHEDULE

May 13

Iran’s Grand Strategy:  A Political History by Vali Nasr.  Nasr will join us at 5 PM Pacific.

This will be the last Dooreh Book Club discussion scheduled by the Peace Corps Iran Association.

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