The music of Iranian composer Emanuel Melik Aslanian will be performed by one of his former students at a free concert at the Rancho Bernardo Library. Homa Massih Yazdani, who has lived in Rancho ...

In the 1980s and '90s, following the Iranian Revolution, Los Angeles became the epicenter of Iranian pop music. A new album, Tehrangeles Vice, collects hits from some of the city's notable bands.

An Iranian court sentenced outspoken rapper Toomaj Salehi to death after his arrest over songs that criticized the government, his lawyer said Wednesday. "The primary court sentenced Toomaj Salehi to ...

This post was updated Oct. 27 at 9:45 p.m. UCLA’s commitment to celebrating and preserving Iranian music continues to expand. On Sunday, the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music held a celebratory opening ...

As Iran’s water disappears, its wealth is stolen, and its youth are murdered, the Islamic Republic–occupied Iran stages ...

Nehedar will bring her new music to life in a performance on June 19 at FeelBeit in Jerusalem. Maureen Nehedar’s latest single, “Chesed,” for which she wrote both lyrics and music, marks a poignant ...

All over Los Angeles, Zachary Asdourian hunted for the music of an Iran that could have been. The co-founder of the L.A. record label Discotchari scoured for dust-caked Persian pop records at Jordan ...

In Iran, a popular rapper whose fiery lyrics helped galvanize an antigovernment movement among young people has been sentenced to death. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) SUMMERS: Toomaj Salehi was charged with ...

Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi has been sentenced to death by an Iranian revolutionary court over songs that criticized the Iranian government, according to his lawyer and state media. “An order for the ...