Iran's most-famous singer has written an account of her life as she embarks on a farewell tour. “Googoosh: A Sinful Voice” ...

Iranian pop star Googoosh was banned from singing and forced into exile—now she tells her story.

For decades, the pop icon — Googoosh — resisted telling her story. She shares why her new memoir became a 'necessary duty' — ...

Iranian pop icon Googoosh has revealed that her new music will release only after the current Islamic Republic regime in ...

Googoosh, Iran's iconic pop diva, was silenced after the 1979 Islamic revolution banned women singers from performing publicly. Iranian-American filmmaker Farhad Zamani explores her journey from child ...

Iranian pop star Googoosh performs during a concert at the Dubai Expo 2020, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 17, 2022.

In a Zoom interview with Newsweek from her Los Angeles home, Iranian pop icon Googoosh recounts her celebrated career in pre-revolution Iran, the state-imposed silence that followed the 1979 ...

Googoosh, Iran's legendary pop diva, was silenced after the 1979 Islamic revolution banned women singers from performing publicly. Her immense popularity rivaled Elvis's cult following.

Singer Googoosh has been called "The Voice of Iran," but in 1979 her voice was silenced by the Islamic Revolution. This year, she's celebrating 21 years since she broke that silence, with a new album ...

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.

What the Carnival Center for the Performing Arts could use is a really big show by a superdiva — Celine or Streisand or even Madonna. Instead the joint that would deliver culture to downtown brings in ...