Googoosh Instagram – www.npr.org 📻 Singer Googoosh has been called “The Voice of Iran,” but in 1979 her voice was silenced by the Islamic Revolution. This year, she’s celebrating 21 years since she broke that silence, with a new album and a tour of North America that stops next in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 2. Interviewed in California a few days before the start of her tour, she says there’s one reason she wants to continue singing in Farsi for the young generation: “Because I love my country.” @tejarocho / @npr @virasb @pinkmartini Washington D.C.