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The Persian New Year Nowruz is Monday but celebrations may be dampened as the unrest in Iran continues. Decades-long tensions between the government there and its citizens exploded after a 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman died in police custody last fall. In L.A., which has the largest community of Iranians outside of Tehran, large protests and vigils have taken place to honor her life and bring attention to the issue.
Saghar Fanisalek, the chef and owner of Taste of Tehran, is one of them. Her restaurant has been a place where people learn about what’s happening in Iran. Food brings the conversation. But Fanisalek is actually doing more than just cooking popular Iranian dishes at her restaurant: she’s organizing and attending protests.
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