A crowd gathers Monday evening outside Los Angeles City Hall to protest attacks on Iran by the U.S. and Israel. In downtown Los Angeles, about 150 people gathered in front of City Hall. The Iran nuclear deal, formally the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, was finalized in 2015, during the Obama administration. Thousands celebrated Sunday in the streets of Westwood, the epicenter of the Iranian diaspora in Greater Los Angeles, after the death of Iran’s supreme leader. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)Greater Los Angeles is home to the largest concentration of people of Iranian descent outside Iran.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 03, 2026 05:31 UTC