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.

NEW YORK (AP) — Ed Sheeran has long sought to bring people together with his music, whether it be his emotionally resonant acoustic ballads or unproblematic, danceable pop hits. “Play,” his eighth ...

(Beirut) – Israeli airstrikes on Iran’s Evin prison complex in Tehran on June 23, 2025, were unlawfully indiscriminate and an apparent war crime, Human Rights Watch said today. The strikes hit several ...

From haunted patriarchs to sunken towns, the world premieres vying for Edinburgh's audience-voted award push boundaries in genre, form and politics. From haunted neuroscientists to ghostly patriarchs ...

Speaking to Variety about the risk of showing the film abroad, Beiraghi said: “I have nothing but this film. That’s why I’m attending the festival, no matter the outcome and no matter the risk. “We ...

Berlin-based Pluto Film has acquired world sales rights to Iranian director Soheil Beiraghi’s “Bidad,” which won the Special Jury Prize at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival earlier this month. Beiraghi’s ...

Writer, director, and producer Soheil Beiraghi's fourth feature, whose title means 'Outcry' and which stars Sarvin Zabetian, will world premiere in the Czech film festival's Crystal Globe Competition ...

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said on Monday he thinks Democrats are wrong to oppose the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities but said it wouldn’t be the first time he disagreed with the party ...

House and Senate members on Saturday night reacted mostly along party lines to President Donald Trump's announcement that the United States had struck three of Iran's crucial nuclear sites: Fordow, ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Musicians performing in the 2024 Chamber Music series. Credit: Spoleto Festival USA ...