On the cover of the book published last year by Laleh Bakhtiar and her sister Rose is a photo of their mother in a stylish suit and pumps–perched atop a camel. Helen of Tus: Her Odyssey From Idaho to ...

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.

Tehrangeles Vice: Iranian Diaspora Pop 1983-1993 is available now exclusively on vinyl By Katie Bain 1979’s Iranian Revolution saw millions of citizens fleeing the country in its aftermath. Amid this ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- When expatriate Iranian violinist and composer Farzad Khozein first moved to New Mexico, it felt a little too much like home. "I thought, 'Oh, God, this is what a village is in ...

Imagine finding out that a nomadic tribe has named a mountain after your grandmother. My mother and I learned just that when a relative phoned to say the storied Bakhtiari tribe had so honored my ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — When expatriate Iranian violinist and composer Farzad Khozein first moved to New Mexico, it felt a little too much like home. “I thought, ‘Oh, God, this is what a village is in ...