Los Angeles (and Southern California in general) is home to a large Iranian-American community. Los Angeles is also notable for its very large Iranian Jewish communities in Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Encino, and Calabasas. The Iranian population in Los Angeles is diverse with many ethnic subgroups like Iranians of Jewish descent, Iranian Azerbaijanis, Iranian Armenians, and Iranian Assyrians. With population estimates of 700,000, Southern California boasts the largest concentration of Iranians in the world, outside of Iran.[1][2] The Iranian diaspora in Los Angeles includes those who fled the 1979 Islamic revolution, the increased immigration after the 2009 Green Movement, people who immigrated to the United States by winning Diversity Visa Program and those who were born in the U.S.[3] Southern California is also distinct from Northern California with its larger presence of Armenian Iranians and Iranian Jews and Iranian Muslim. Tehrangeles is the other famous name among Iranian people in Iran and even in the Los Angeles because of the Iranian population in Los Angeles area.
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- ^ Parvini, Sarah; Simani, Ellis (March 28, 2019). "Are Arabs and Iranians white? Census says yes, but many disagree". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
- ^ Parvini, Sarah (February 29, 2020). "Ethnic communities don't have a 'unified voice.' It's a challenge for 2020 candidates". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 29, 2020.