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Sharona Nazarian on leading Beverly Hills’ Iranian diaspora through crisis

26 June 2025

Beverly Hills Mayor Sharona Nazarian fled Iran with her family during the revolution to escape religious persecution, learning English as her third language before building a career in clinical psychology. Now the first Iranian American woman to lead the city, she governs a diverse community where roughly 20% of the population trace its roots to…

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