Scores of residents and local Jewish leaders applauded this morning as Los Angeles County supervisors voted unanimously to direct the county pension fund to divest from the Iranian energy sector due to the country’s volatility and status as a state sponsor of terrorism. “L.A. County’s divestment will send a powerful message to other corporations doing business with Iran,” said Michael Yadegaran, a board member of Los Angeles-based 30 Years After, an Iranian American Jewish nonprofit organization. “It is time that we punish those who deny their citizens freedom, liberty and basic human rights.”
