And thus it’s the setting of her latest novel “Tehrangeles,” a portmanteau of Tehran and Los Angeles, named for the large Iranian community in the US city. The book, released last week ...

Like, when people talk about the idea of a Tehrangeles in Los Angeles, what do you think they really mean? And how much does it bother you? KHAKPOUR: Well, I think a lot of people think of ...

Nearly 200,000 members of the Iranian diaspora call Los Angeles home, earning parts of the city the moniker Tehrangeles as a nod to Iran’s capital. While many young Iranians from prosperous ...

“Tehrangeles,” a satire of the rich and TikTok-famous from acclaimed author Porochista Khakpour, is named for a cluster of Westside neighborhoods with a large Iranian American communit ...