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iranian-jewish
Local Iranian-Jewish banker and leader acquitted of federal fraud charges
Karmel Melamed
November 19, 2014
Family members said they watched tears of joy and relief run down the face of Shokrollah Baravarian, an 82-year-old Iranian-Jewish former banker and community activist, on Oct. 31 after a jury in a downtown Los Angeles federal court acquitted him on four charges of conspiring with his clients to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of tax revenue.
The Mensch List: A passion for helping struggling Iranian-Americans
Karmel Melamed
January 2, 2014
Two years ago Elena J., a middle-aged, impoverished Iranian-Jewish woman in Los Angeles, was stricken with a rare illness that forced surgeons to amputate one of her legs.
It’s official: Jimmy Delshad elected new mayor of Beverly Hills
Tom Tugend
March 13, 2007
\”I feel blessed to have been chosen by the people of Beverly Hills,\” Delshad said in a phone interview. \”As a Jewish youngster in Iran, I was a second-class citizen and kept running into closed doors.\”
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