Photos: L.A.'s Iranian American community celebrates in Westwood
Los Angeles's Iranian American community celebrated military strikes on Tehran, reflecting decades of exile sentiment since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
As '80s Iran convulsed, L.A. immigrants honed new sounds. This album lauds them - with warnings for today
Los Angeles Iranian immigrants created disco-influenced Persian pop in the 1970s–80s that provided communal solace and is preserved on a new archival compilation.