Shohreh and her Daughter

Social networking websites like Facebook and Twitter are helping to fuel the pro-democracy demonstrations in the Middle East. But in Iran, there's another source of inspiration for change.
It is coming from Los Angeles, where Iranian artists have turned into rock and roll revolutionaries delivering a message to the young people of Iran. Andy Madadian is one of the most famous Iranian singers in the world. He moved to Los Angeles 30 years ago and nearly every year since, he and other LA-based Iranian artists have traveled to concert sites along Iran's border in Armenia, Turkey and Dubai to perform music and song that cannot be heard in Tehran.
"The freedom they get by connecting to their artists and their music gives them hope that beyond those borders there is love, there is life, there is freedom," Madadian told NBC LA.

Madadian, who goes by the single name "Andy," has seen how the fans love it. They show up at his concerts by the thousands and throw off their headscarves and inhibitions as they jam with their favorites.
Andy said he is not a political artist and he only sings songs of following your heart and your passions, but he acknowledged that anyone delivering that message might also seem like a threat to the repressive mullahs in Tehran. Daughter