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    Which Way, L.A.?

    Local Iranian Community Responds to Election Turmoil

    So many former Iranians and their descendents live in and around Los Angeles that it's often called Little Persia or Tehrangeles, a combination of Tehran and Los Angeles.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    So many former Iranians and their descendents live in and around Los Angeles that it's often called Little Persia or Tehrangeles, a combination of Tehran and Los Angeles. Hossein Hejazi, former program director of the Farsi language radio station KIRA and now with LA-based Persian-American satellite TV, has local reaction to recent events in Iran.

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      Warren Olney

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      Hossein Hedjazi

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    The full episode

    3 of 5
    Budget Solutions Look Bad and Worse
    1. 0:00President Obama, America's Doctors and Healthcare Reform
    2. 0:00Iranians in Uproar as Ahmadinejad Wins Election
    3. 25:46Local Iranian Community Responds to Election TurmoilYou’re reading this
    4. 32:54Budget Solutions Look Bad and Worse
    5. 45:41Criticism Grows over Cost of Lakers' Parade
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