When Sadegh Nojouki fled Tehran for California in the wake of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, he assumed he’d be back home before long. At 29, he’d already established himself as an innovative force in ...

1979’s Iranian Revolution saw millions of citizens fleeing the country in its aftermath. Amid this Iranian diaspora, many of these people emigrated to Los Angeles, with some of them being the same ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Discotchari founders Zachary Asdourian, left, and Anaïs Gyulbudaghyan, right, with producer Farokh "Elton" Ahi, center, who has a ...

In the heart of the nation's capital, in a courthouse of the U.S. government, one man will stop at nothing to keep his honor, and one will stop at nothing to find the truth.

Publicity material for Googoosh: A Sinful Voice, a new memoir by the Iranian singer in exile, calls her a predecessor to Beyoncé and Madonna—a comparison that might seem over-the-top to American ...

No Land’s Song, the latest documentary from Iranian filmmaker Ayat Najafi, follows a charismatic central character as she struggles to produce an all-women concert in Iran. Sara’s vision is to stage a ...