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 ...

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.

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

“The stage is my first homeland,” 75-year-old Iranian singer Googoosh tells Newsweek from her Los Angeles home, noting that her second is Iran. A child performer who became one of the defining voices ...

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 ...

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

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

Pre-1979 Iranian pop is largely unfamiliar outside the country itself and the expat community. Googoosh isn't the only Iranian singer in LA, others include Shohreh Solaty, Mansour and Bijan Mortazavi.