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World politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
11 hours ago

Which are Iran's main opposition groups?

Iran's fragmented opposition, split between exiled leaders and inside groups, lacks unified leadership while nationwide protests challenge the religious rulers amid deadly clashes.
Music
fromwww.mercurynews.com
3 weeks ago

Still missing homeland, Iranian singer Sadegh Nojouki forges career in U.S.

Sadegh Nojouki rebuilt a career in exile by blending classical Persian melodies with Western orchestration, creating tailored arrangements for leading Persian pop vocalists.
Music
fromLos Angeles Times
2 months ago

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.
Music
fromwww.npr.org
2 months ago

'Tehrangeles Vice' collects the sounds of LA's Iranian pop music era

Los Angeles' Iranian diaspora produced a flourishing Iranian disco and synthpop scene in the 1980s-90s, now collected on Tehrangeles Vice.
Music
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

Israel and Iran's governments aren't good. Neither is ours': Lowen, the metal band confronting a troubled Middle East

Nina Saeidi uses theatrical metal performance to express Iranian heritage, political dissent, and reclaimed cultural practices while evading censorship and honoring family history.
fromLos Angeles Times
4 months ago

'I want to go feel it. I want to smell it.' This Valley market is a ticket home to Iran

It hits me like a wall as the glass doors slide open: an unidentifiable scent - toasted, warm and slightly sweet. At international markets, smell, inextricably linked to our memories and emotions, is often a one-way plane ticket home. Imported laundry detergent, tightly sealed jars of hard-to-find spices, fragrant incense and loose teas are all olfactory postcards. At Q Market & Produce in Lake Balboa, this is no different. Its scent, while unrecognizable to me, is a reminder to others of life in Iran.
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