Paniz Faryoussefi became the first woman to conduct a performance of the Tehran Symphony Orchestra on Wednesday as the ...

Discotchari founders Zachary Asdourian, left, and Anaïs Gyulbudaghyan, right, with producer Farokh "Elton" Ahi, center, who has a couple songs on the label's compilation "Tehrangeles Vice.". (Emil ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Discotchari’s new compilation “Tehrangeles Vice” resurrects forgotten 1980s Persian pop songs made in L.A. by ...

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 ...

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 ...

When Paniz Faryoussefi mounts the podium and reaches for her baton, she represents more than just the hope of a thrilling ...

The new album "Tehrangeles Vice" is a daring collection of Iranian disco and synthpop recorded in Los Angeles in the 1980s and 1990s. The term Tehrangeles refers to the Iranian American diaspora in ...

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. The ...

Two machines resembling robotic vacuum cleaners sped around a ring colliding, shooting sparks and catching fire, as Iranian engineering students watched from behind plexiglass. The dramatic clash was ...

Iran has condemned the growing U.S. military presence near Venezuela, calling it a “dangerous provocation” that threatens regional peace. The warning follows U.S. B-1B bomber flights over the ...

In the Girls' 60kg Traditional MMA, Tiam Dehpahlevan defeated Mongolia’s Ulziitnaran Bat-Erdene to win the gold medal. Amirmohammad Hatamian seized a gold in the Boys' 60kg Traditional MMA. He ...

Iran Says Cooperation Deal With UN Nuclear Watchdog Is Void (Add full name in paragraph 5) DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran has scrapped a cooperation deal that it signed with the UN nuclear watchdog IAEA in ...