"The immediate feeling is, it's a huge, huge relief," says Max Amini. The Iranian-American comedian is Zooming in from his home in Los Angeles the day after news broke that Donald Trump's ultimatum to ...

Iranian-American comedian Max Amini has shared a disturbing video on Instagram. It shows Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s violent handling of mass protests across Iran in 2025-2026. Amini’s post follows the ...

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., May 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Tehran Von Ghasri is a child of an Iranian Muslim immigrant father and a Jewish Black mother who uses his stand-up comedy to speak up for the voices ...

Hollywood has been relatively silent on Iran, with almost no direct mention of the war at the Oscars, and it has not gone unnoticed by a small group of Iranian-American celebrities. Bobby Samini, a ...

Max Amini has long been one of stand-up's most successful under-the-radar headliners. Now, he's become the first Iranian-American to headline Madison Square Garden — going from comedy's best kept ...