The Iranian government has exerted forceful control over its citizens since the Islamic Republic seized power nearly 50 years ago. The pop star Googoosh has firsthand experience of opposition to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iranian singer Googoosh has said she is “waiting for a change of regime to happen soon”, as the country faces renewed nationwide ...

The musical legend, who was punished for ‘moral decay’ and went into exile, now voluntarily withholds her voice in solidarity.

Iranian pop star Googoosh has returned to the cultural-political spotlight, announcing in an interview with "The Times" that ...

Iranian pop icon Googoosh urged U.S. President Donald Trump to take urgent action, warning thousands have died amid ...

Jan 21, 2026 KCRW’s signature music program — defying format since 1977. On today's mid-week hang, we hear Flea return to the ...

Prior to the 1979 revolution, Iranian singer and actor Googoosh was a pop superstar. But she was jailed by the Islamic Republic and forced to agree to never sing or perform in public. After 20 years ...

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 ...

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 ...

Iranian singer Googoosh has said she is “waiting for a change of regime to happen soon”, as the country faces renewed nationwide protests over economic hardship and political repression. “I am living ...

Iranian pop icon Googoosh says she is ‘waiting for a change of regime to happen soon’ - In 2000, Faegheh Atashin was able to leave Iran and perform in Canada, where she discovered that the decades of ...