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.

"This music was meant to be heard at a party while dancing and drinking in Tehrangeles," said Discotchari label co-founder ...

TEHRAN, Iran -- In 1980s Iran, the music all but died. Clerics banned secular songs as un-Islamic. Police stopped cars to check tape decks, and smashed offending tapes. Women were barred from singing ...

On Wednesday night, Iranian singer and composer, Parastoo Ahmadi, held a ground-breaking performance. The female musician performed in one of Iran's traditional caravanserai, the inns once used by ...