Iranian Americans protesting Iran's crackdown on demonstrations talk about the unrest

By Steve Futterman

Published January 19, 2026 at 6:51 AM EST

Los Angeles is home to the largest concentration of people of Iranian descent in the U.S. Over the weekend, protests against Iran's deadly crackdown on anti-government demonstrations continued.

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